US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Saturday, February 3:
Illinois Inventor Develops Retail Store Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Robyn Schwartz of Chicago has developed image capture devices attached to a computer processor that are located in a retail store. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Items of merchandise for sale are tracked from their display position to a ...
Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printhead with Plurality of Nozzles
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a method of producing inkjet printhead with lithographically formed nozzle plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of producing an ink jet printhead ...
California Inventor Develops Bank Card with Lottery Feature
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Richard E. Carnation of Windsor, Calif., has developed a method of purchasing goods and services in combination with a gaming feature. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consumers are provided with a bank card, which is used to identify ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Automated Banking Machine
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Mark Douglass and Pedro Tula, both of North Canton, Ohio, and James Booth of Kimbolton, Ohio, have developed an automated banking machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The automated banking machine may include a fascia in operative ...
Washington Inventors Develop Ultrasound System Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Blake Little of Bothell, Wash., and Hung Nguyen of Everett, Wash., have developed a beamformer for continuous wave doppler ultrasound that has been reduced to a single application specific integrated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printhead Fabrication Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a method of fabricating an inkjet printhead having an array of inkjet nozzle arrangements that is configured to span a width of a print medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Channels Dynamically Allocating Base Station System
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- David S. Shively of Smyrna, Ga., and Melvin D. Frerking of Norcross, Ga., have developed a base station system for dynamically allocating channels to an incoming data stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The base station system ...
Texas Inventor Develops Welded Joint Inner Diameter Reduction Mitigating Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Robert P. Badrak of Sugar Land, Texas, has developed a method of mitigating inner diameter reduction of welded joints. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for connecting two ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Biopsy Device
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- William R. Krause of Charlottesville, Va., has developed a biopsy assembly for obtaining a tissue specimen and leaving a material in the biopsy track. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device and method for the ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Medical Implant Manufacture Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Steven Walak of Natick, Mass., has developed a medical implant that delivers therapeutic via microtubes and a method of making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment a biologically implantable structure adapted to fit ...
Texas Inventor Develops Variable Resistance Exercise Machine
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Kenneth W. Stearns of Houston has developed an exercise machine with a platform to support a user in a reclining position with resistance to the exercise provided by the weight of the user. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Vector-Based Font Glyph Rendering Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Karin Smith and George Smith, both of Phoenixville, Pa., and Paul Chater of London, have developed a method for fast glyph rendering for vector based fonts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of rendering a glyph of a vector-based ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Pool Cue with Slidable Sleeve
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Peter Mekosh of Hoschton, Ga., has developed a pool cue with slidable sleeve and a method of use thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pool cue comprising a handle with standard taper section, a straight shaft section ...
California Inventor Develops Hermetic Seal Formation Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Zequn Mei of Fremont, Calif., has developed a system and a method for hermetic seal formation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "system and method for formation of a hermetic seal with an significantly greater ...
Texas Inventors Develop Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Robert J. Schwartz and Ruxandra Draghia-Alki, both of Houston, have developed a method of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) having the amino acid sequence. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inadequate growth due to deficiencies in ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Card Edge Connector
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Wan-Tien Chen of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a card edge connector for electrically connecting an electronic card with a motherboard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector is provided to accommodate an electric card and ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Trunked Radio Communications System Operating Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- John M. Gilbert and Christopher H. Wilson, both of Lake Zurich, Ill., Tanhoa Trandai of Arlington Heights, Ill., and Daniel J. McDonald of Cary, Ill., have developed a method for operating in a 800 mega hertz (MHz) trunked radio communications system for channels 440 ...
California, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Computer System Programming Language Design
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Joshua J. Bloch of San Jose, Calif., and Guy L. Steele of Lexington, Mass., have developed a method and an apparatus for importing static members of a class. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present invention provides ...
California Inventor Develops Adjustable Stretching Machine
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Stephen H. McGanty of Hermosa Beach, Calif., has developed an adjustable stretching device for static leg stretching. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable stretching device includes a stretching surface that is raised off of the ...
British, Norwegian Inventors Develop Graphic Index Processor
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Trefor Southwell of Bristol, Great Britain, and Magne Sandven of Notodden, Norway, have developed a graphic processor withy an index processing unit for pre-processing a list of vertices making up a three-dimensional image. An abstract of the invention, ...
U.S., Russian Inventors Develop Financial Document Automatic Processing Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Grigori Nepomniachtchi of San Diego, and Nikolay Kotovich of Moscow, Russia, have developed a method of validating the authenticity of a signature on a document. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Physics Laws Replicated Gaming Device Outcomes
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Anthony J. Baerlocher, Anna Sheila C. Parrucho and Cari L. Blomquist, all from Reno, Nev., have developed a processor controlled gaming device that randomly generates and displays a pachinko-type game and outcome on a screen connected to the processor. According to the ...
New York Inventors Develop Barcodes Image Enhancement Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Rashmi Ghai and Didier Frantz, both of New York, have developed a proprietary algorithm designed to enhance image of barcodes and other similar objects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention discloses a system and method ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Postal Receptacle Assembly
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- David C. Thompson and Rayanne S. Thompson, both of Glen Ellyn, Ill., have developed a postal receptacle assembly and a method of making same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A postal receptacle assembly comprises a postal receptacle ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Transaction Request Automating Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Merrill Brooks Smith of Atlanta has developed a method for automating a transaction request. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for automating a stored-value card transaction request. First, a keycard associated with a ...
SureFire Wins $25,200 Contract
Feb 03, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $25,200 contract to SureFire LLC, Fountain Valley, Calif., Fountain Valley, Calif., for infrared illuminators. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more ...
Insight Technologies Wins $54,288 Contract
Feb 03, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $54,288 contract to Insight Technologies Inc., Londonderry, N.H., for infrared illuminators. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information about ...
Knights Armament Wins $300,250 Contract
Feb 03, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $300,250 contract to Knights Armament Co., Titusville, Fla., for gun components. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information about US Fed ...
Texas Inventor Develops Complexity-Scalable Intra-Frame Prediction Technique
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Minhua Zhou of Plano, Texas, has developed a method of encoding intra frames when encoding a motion picture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of intra frame prediction modes includes a low-complexity subset. A probability table ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Single-Handed Data Entry Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Michael Goodgoll of Ontario, Canada, has developed a system, a method and a computer program product for single-handed data entry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system, method and computer program product that ...
British Inventors Develop Wellbore Downhole Sealing Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Paul David Metcalfe of Peterculter, Great Britian, and Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson of Aberdeen, Great Britain, have developed a method for use in forming an arrangement to allow creation of a downhole seal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas, Washington Inventors Develop Communications Network Computerized Model
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Theodore S. Rappaport and Roger R. Skidmore, both of Austin, Texas, and Eric Reifsneider of Vancouver, Wash., have developed a computerized model that provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tamper Switch Structure
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Michinori Noguchi of Otsu, Japan, has developed a tamper switch structure and a security sensor that includes the tamper switch structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper opening is formed at a position opposite a switch actuating ...
California Inventor Develops Keypad Interface
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- George Koppich of Irvine, Calif., has developed a keypad with a plurality of keys, each having a predetermined function for a respective plurality of selective operations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indicating arrangement is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Data Transmission Circuit
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Eun-Gu Jung of Dae-gu, South Korea, Jeong-Gun Lee of Chuncheon-si, South Korea, and Dong-Soo Har of Gwangju, South Korea, have developed a data transmitting circuit and a method that is based on differential value data encoding. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Electronic Device Keyboard Managing Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Johan Himberg and Roope Takala, both of Helsinki, Finland, Jani Mantyjarvi of Oulu, Finland, Jonna Hakkila of Kalajoki, Finland, and Turo Keski-Jaskari of Vantaa, Finland, have developed an electronic device and a method of managing a virtual keyboard of the electronic ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Wireless Telecommunications Access Control System
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Raili Numminen and Pekka Rissanen, both of Tampere, Finland, and Kai Narvanen of Pirkkala, Finland, have developed a system and a method for allowing subscribers to make internal calls while roaming to other networks. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., French Inventors Discover Secreted Alkaline Phosphatase Reporter Gene
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Vincent Thuillier of Bures sur Yvette, France, Cecile Orsini of Paris, and Manping Wang of Fremont, Calif., have discovered engineered secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter genes and polypeptides. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Water-Handling System
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Richard Criswell and Kenneth H. Gardner, both of Las Vegas, have developed a water-handling system where water is delivered in bottles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform receives at least two water bottles. A handtruck is ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Surgical Stapling Device
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Keith L. Milliman of Bethel, Conn., and Russell Heinrich of Madison, Conn., have developed a surgical stapling device for the treatment of internal hemorrhoids. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The surgical stapling device includes a ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Lead Adequacy Detecting Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Harold H. Hoium of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Stephen J. Ryan of Chaska, Minn., have developed an apparatus and a method for detecting lead adequacy and quality. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system ...
Texas, Oklahoma Inventors Develop Wellbore Casing Repair Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Robert Lance Cook of Katy, Texas, Lev Ring of Houston, and David Paul Brisco of Duncan, Okla., have developed an apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing by radially expanding a tubular liner, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Data Transmission Rate Estimation Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Kari Horneman and Jyrki Keisala, both of Oulu, Finland, have developed a method and a circuitry for estimating data transmission rate in a communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The communication system utilizes variable ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Self-Contained Conditioning Abrasive Article
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Timothy D. Fletcher of Lino Lakes, Minn., Paul S.Lugg of Woodbury, Minn., and Vincent D. Romero of Maplewood, Minn. have developed a fixed abrasive article for polishing a workpiece with a hardness. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Ssymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Transceiver Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Zhonghua Wu and Craig R Teeple, both of Tucson, Ariz., have developed methods and apparatus for an asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) transceiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ADSL transceiver hybrid circuit uses one or more ...
Puerto Rican Inventors Develop Electrical Medical Leads Fabrication Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Jaime Leon and Jorge L. Santiago Torres both of Villalba, Puerto Rico, and Javier E. Calzada of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, have developed a method of fabrication of implantable electrical medical leads intended for chronic implantation in the body. According to ...
California Inventors Develop Active Agents Intradermal Delivery Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Gunter A. Hofmann and Lei Zhang, both of San Diego, and Dietmar P. Rabussay of Solana Beach, Calif., have developed a method of intradermal delivery of active agents by needle-free injection and electroporation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Sheet Material Dispenser
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Joshua M. Broehl of Worthington, Ohio, has developed a sheet material dispenser with transfer system and method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Network Planning Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Pablo A. Vicharelli of Carlisle, Mass., Pete A. Boyer of Somerville, Mass., and David F. Freeman of Billerica, Mass., have developed a method and an apparatus for network planning. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Crustacean Shelling Tool
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Mark A. Poland of Butler, N.J., has developed a tool for shelling a crustacean to remove me at from a tail shell thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crustacean shelling tool is employed to quickly and easily crack the underside of ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Hydrogen Powered Fastener Driving Tool
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Bruce D. Lund of River Forest, Ill., and Michael D. Starrick of Maywood, Ill., have developed a hydrogen operated fastener driving tool assembly that includes a hydrogen generator that is an integral part of the driving tool assembly. According to the U.S ....
Rhode Island Inventor Develops Fastener Packaging Device
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- William V. Goodhue of North Kingstown, R.I., has developed an apparatus for packaging fasteners such as screws, that is to be worn by a user. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The packaging device includes a tray with a plurality of wells, ...
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kansas, New York Inventors Develop Power Line Carrier Interfacing Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- William H. Bicknell and Tanveer Iqbal, both of Louisville, Ky., Wolfgang Daum of Erie, Pa., John S. Holmes of Sellersburg, Ind., Scott A. Horning of Overland Park, Kan., and Scott C. Evans of Burnt Hills, N.Y., have developed a method and an apparatus for interfacing a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Antenna Module with Multiple Chip Antennas
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi and Shuichiro Yamaguchi, all from Miyazaki-gun, Japan, and Keisuke Maruyama of Koyu-gun, Japan, have developed an antenna module that includes a plurality of chip ...
Irish Inventor Develops Automatic Braking Light
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Gerald Bracken of County Mayo, Ireland, has developed an inertia-activated braking light for attachment to pedal cycles and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display of light emitting diodes is automatically illuminated on ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Baby Carrier
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Choon Hwa Hwang of Kyungkido, South Korea, has developed a baby carrier which enables a baby to be taken on a baby caretaker's back. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baby carrier comprises a wrapper partitioned to a front portion and a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Radio Communication Network Cell Selecting System
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Jin-Hoon Kim of Ansan, South Korea, has developed a cell selecting system and a method thereof in radio communication network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a cell selecting system and a method thereof in a radio communication ...
California Inventor Develops Physiological Cardiac Parameter Trending Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Paul Goode of Murrieta, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for trending a physiological cardiac parameter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or pacemaker ...
French Inventor Develops Liquid Tapping Keg
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Denis Delbarre of Beuvry, France, has developed a keg for tapping liquids under the effect of pressure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keg is formed from a shaped jacket or liner forming a container, obtained from at least two ...
California Inventor Develops Radio Communication System Mobile Node
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Adrian Buckley of Brentwood, Calif., has developed an apparatus, and an associated method, for a mobile node operable in a radio communication system formed of multiple networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A listing is maintained at ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Immunocytokine Sequence Utilization Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Stephen D. Gillies of Carlisle, Mass., Kin-Ming Lo of Lexington, Mass., and Susan X. Qian of Concord, Mass., have developed immunocytokine sequences and uses thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a family of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Airbag Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Masao Kino, Tadashi Yamamoto, Michiyasu Ito, Takanobu Ikeda and Tadashi Yamada, all from Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed an airbag apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head protecting airbag is folded ...
British Inventors Develop Downhole Wellbore Apparatus
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Tony Laplante and Bruce McGarian, both of Aberdeen, Great Britian, have developed a downhole wellbore apparatus for use in wellbore cleaning operations. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A downhole tool ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Communication Session Transfer Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Chiung-Hsien Wu of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a method and a system for transferring a communication session. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of and a system for transferring a communication session ...
German Inventors Develop Check-In Authentication Verification Method
Feb 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Tianwei Chen, Changpeng Fan and Gu Schafer, all from Berlin, have developed a method of verifying check-in authentication by using an access authentication token. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simple and efficient means of checking the ...