US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, February 6:
French Inventors Develop Swimming Pool Cleaning Robot
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Jacques-Alexandre Habif of Garches, France, and Marc Idoine of Chassemy, France, have developed a pressure-fed vacuum swimming pool cleaning robot. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic swimming pool cleaning robot is disclosed, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Double-Layered Positively-Charged Organic Photoreceptor
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Nam-jeong Lee, Saburo Yokota, Kyung-yol Yon, Hwan-koo Lee and Beom-jun Kim, all from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Hae-ree Joo of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a double-layered positively-charged organic photoreceptor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Ohio, Tennessee Inventors Develop Fiber Chopper
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Randall Clark Bascom of Wauseon, Ohio, Douglas James Kempski of Holland, Ohio, and John Joseph Dembowski of Athens, Tenn., have developed a method and an apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. According to the U.S ....
Mississippi Inventors Develop Sub-Harmonic Signal Processing Apparatus
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Elon Ray Coats and Earnest Lloyd Trammell, both of Meridian, Miss., have developed methods and an apparatus for sub-harmonic generation, stereo expansion and distortion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Nanofluidic Channels Forming Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Lingjie J Guo and Xing Cheng, both of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed a method of forming nanofluidic enclosed channels that includes providing a first substrate having a layer of a first material disposed thereon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Speaker Apparatus
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Kazuo Murayama of Kanagawa, Japan, and Kazuyuki Suda of Saitama, Japan, have developed a speaker apparatus that has a frame to which a convex paper is attached. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bobbin with a voice coil is attached to the ...
German Inventors Develop Electrochemical Detection Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Ju Schulein of Spardorf, Germany, Bjo Grassl of Nurnberg, Germany, and Jo Hassmann of Erlangen, Germany, have developed a device for the detection of pathogens in a body fluid, e.g. blood. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the ...
Washington Inventor Develops Trim Press Article Handling Apparatus
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Jere F. Irwin of Yakima, Wash., has developed an article conveying, guiding, and a locating device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article conveying, guiding, and locating device includes a treadle including a web guide plate, a knock ...
Washington Inventors Develop Gas-Phase Ions Analysis Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Alexandre A. Shvartsburg, Keqi Tang and Richard D. Smith, all from Richland, Wash., have developed a method for separation and analysis of gas-phase ions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and instrumentation are described for ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Thixotropic Metal Slurry Making Apparatus
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Samuel M. D. Norville, Shaupoh Wang and Patrick J. Lombard, all from Jackson, Tenn., have developed a method and an apparatus for making a thixotropic metal slurry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for producing a thixotropic ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Latent Electrostatic Image Developing Toner
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Hideki Sugiura, Satoshi Mochizuki, Yasuo Asahina, Kazuhiko Umemura, Minoru Masuda and Tomomi Tamura, all from Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a toner for developing a latent electrostatic image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The toner ...
New York Inventors Develop Carbon Nanotube Adduct
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Stanislaus S. Wong of Middle Island, N.Y., Sarbajit Banerjee of Stony Brook, N.Y., and Michael G. C. Kahn of Great Neck, N.Y., have developed an adduct that comprises a carbon nanotube and a transitional metal coordination complex, wherein the metal of the complex is ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Multilayer Imageable Element
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Celin Savariar-Hauck of Badenhausen, Germany, Harald Baumann of Osterode/Harz, Germany, and Anthony P. Kitson of Evans, Colo., have developed a multilayer imageable element with improved chemical resistance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ratchet Style Installation Tool
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- William A Bernard of Darien, Ill., has developed an installation tool for installing a bundling member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "installation tool that is used to install a bundling member, such as a metal tie or ...
Austrian, Liechtenstein, German Inventors Develop Light Handling Device Assembling Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Bertram Frei of Nueziders, Austria, Norman Korner of Triesen, Liechtenstein, and Ralph Scholl of Grafenau, Germany, have developed a method of assembling a light handling device that includes a plurality of separate walls for reflecting and that is tolerant of elevated ...
British Inventors Develop Fibre Containing Composition
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- William James Frith, Ian Timothy Norton and Bettina Wolf, all from Bedford, Great Britain, have developed a fibre containing composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions of a water in water emulsion having a first phase of ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Material Handling System
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Spencer B. Dick, Stuart Aldrich and David A. Morgan, all from Portland, Ore., have developed a material handling system for a table saw that controls the orientation and speed of material as it moves through the system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Integrated Apparatus for Aromatics Production
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Lawrence E. Sullivan of Mount Prospect, Ill., Gregory F. Maher of Aurora, Ill., and David A. Hamm of Hinsdale, Ill., have developed an integrated apparatus for aromatics production. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enabling a ...
California Inventor Develops Water Treatment Product
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Roger A. Benham of San Diego has developed a process for filling a chemical holding dispenser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "water treatment product comprising a mixture of at least one active ingredient and a first ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Wafer
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Masao Takahashi of Takatsuki, Japan, Yoshirou Nakata of Souraku-gun, Japan, Tadaaki Mimura of Katano, Japan, Toshihiko Sakashita of Neyagawa, Japan, and Toshiyuki Fukuda of Nagaokakyo, Japan, have developed a semiconductor wafer and a testing method ...
Colorada Inventor Develops Convertible Multi-Use Writing Instrument
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Gregory M. Adelman of Boulder, Colo., has developed a convertible multi-use writing instrument.According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a convertible multi-use writing instrument includes a quick-use arrangement including a ...
California Inventors Develop Photolithographic Mask
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Christophe Pierrat of Santa Clara, Calif., and Michel Luc Cote of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of manufacturing small dimension features of objects, such as integrated circuits, using photolithographic masks. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Size Exclusion Chromatography Process
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Theodore C. Busch and Houston Smith, both of St. Louis, and Scott Ruppe of High Ridge, Mo., have developed a size exclusion chromatography process for the preparation of an improved soy protein-containing composition. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Light-Emitting Device
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Alexei A. Erchak and Michael Lim, both of Cambridge, Mass., Paul Panaccione of Newburyport, Mass., Robert F. Karlicek, Jr. of Chelmsford, Mass., Elefterios Lidorikis of Newton, Mass., Jo A. Venezia of Boston, and Christian Hoepfner of North Andover, Mass., have ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Chip Connecting Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Peter B. Hogerton of White Bear Lake, Minn., Joel A. Gerber of Orono, Minn., and Robert L.D. Zenner of Minneapolis, have developed a method for connecting an integrated circuit chip to a circuit substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup B Glycoconjugate
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Robert Seid of San Francisco has developed novel Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B glycoconjugates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains generally to novel Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B glycoconjugates. More ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Reluctance Type Rotating Machine Rotor
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Yukihiko Kazao and Masanori Arata, both of Yokohama, Japan, Takashi Araki and Nobutake Aikura, both of Yokkaichi, Japan, Masakatsu Matsubara of Mie-gun, Japan, Motoyasu Mochizuki of Ama-gun, Japan, Yasuo Hirano of Kuwana, Japan, Akito Kondou of Inabe-gun, Japan, ...
New York, Florida Inventors Develop Vacuum Cleaner Handle Assembly
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Mark Genoa of Melville, N.Y., Scott Genoa of Merrick, N.Y., and Joseph Genoa of Boca Raton, Fla., have developed vacuum cleaner handle assemblies and adapters mating therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Photosensitive Composition
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Toshiyuki Matsumura of Fujino-machi, Japan and Kazuhiko Hirabayashi of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a photosensitive composition and photosensitive lithographic printing plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photosensitive ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Buffered Acid Etch Solutions Fluorinated Surfactant
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Michael J. Parent of Oakdale, Minn., Patricia M. Savu of Maplewood, Minn., and Richard M. Flynn of Mahtomedi, Minn., have developed fluorinated surfactants for buffered acid etch solutions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Heating Pipe Covering Body
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Akira Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Motoyoshi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and Kiyoshi Kumasawa, all from Tokyo, and Mitsushi Wadasako of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a covering body for heating a pipe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Spin Shoe Sole Design
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Daniel P. Amado of Bridgewater, N.J., and Luca Bizzo of Holmdel, N.J., have developed an ornamental design for a spin shoe sole design, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D535,462 on Jan. 23. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Chemically Amplified Positive Photoresist Composition
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Toshiki Okui, Koichi Misumi and Koji Saito, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a chemically amplified positive photoresist composition for a tick film that is used for forming a thick-film photoresist layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventor Develops Communication System
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Matthew J. Hunton of Liberty Lake, Wash., has developed a system and a method for post filtering peak power reduction in communications systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "A system and method for post ...
Michigan, Colorado Inventors Develop Metallurgically Improved Molten Metal Delivering Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Robert J. Koffron of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Ross A. Jacobs of Snowmass, Colo., have developed a method and an apparatus for delivering metallurgically improved molten metal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Anodization Device
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Yasushi Yagi and Kazutsugu Aoki, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Mitsuru Ushijima of Tokyo, have developed an anodization method for electrochemically treating a target substrate which is an anode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an ...
Vermont, Oregon Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Footwear Upper
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Clark A. Matis of Charlotte, Vt., and Tuan N. Le of Portland, Ore., have developed an ornamental design for footwear upper, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D535,463 on Jan. 23. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Field Emission Display Manufacture Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Yukiko Nagasaka and Kazuya Kitamura, both of Tenri, Japan, and Toshihiro Tamura of Shiki-gun, Japan, have developed a manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of field emission display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
British Inventors Develop Reinforced Nodal Structure Molding Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Andrew Mills, Steven Cousins, Lee Bateup and Robert Backhouse, all from Cranfield, Great Britain, have developed a method of molding a reinforced nodal structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine and method for moulding a ...
New York Inventor Develops Medical Device Arm Rest
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- William Larenas of Westbury, N.Y., has developed an arm positioning device for scanning devices and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first leg and a second leg. Each of the legs ...
German Inventors Develop Lithographic Printing Plate Photopolymer Composition
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Harald Baumann and Michael Flugel, both of Osterode am Harz, Germany, Udo Dwars of Herzberg am Harz, Germany, and Hans-Horst Glatt of Munich, Germany, have developed a photopolymer composition suitable for lithographic printing plates. According to the U.S ....
Michigan Inventor Develops Toilet Tank Self-Priming Siphon Tube
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Kennith L. Reid of Luther, Mich., has developed a self-priming siphon tube for maintaining a trickle flow of fluid through a toilet tank reservoir and a toilet bowl. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply line is in fluid ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Processing Apparatus
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Naoki Yasui of Yamaguchi, Japan, Masahiro Sumiya of Kudamatsu, Japan, Hitoshi Tamura of Hikari, Japan, and Seiichi Watanabe of Tokuyama, Japan, have developed a plasma processing apparatus for providing a plasma processing to an object to be processed disposed within a ...
German Inventors Develop Aqueous Dispersion Production Process
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Frank Menzel of Hanau, Germany, Wolfgang Lortz of Waechtersbach, Germany, and Helmut Mangold of Rodenbach, Germany, have developed an aqueous dispersion, a process for its production and use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Weaving Machine Harness Device
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Bram Vanderjeugt of Ypres, Belgium, has developed a harness device for a weaving machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harness device for a weaving machine is made with partial apertured boards of synthetic material that can be ...
Ohio Inventors Develop High Temperature Process Vessel Refractory Wall Repairing Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Kevin D. Pendleton of Brook Park, Ohio, and Stephen D. Cherico of North Olmsted, Ohio, have developed methods for repairing a refractory wall of a high temperature process vessel utilizing viscous fibrous refractory material. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventors Develop Moisture Barrier Cone
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Par Axelsson and Alejandro Mancuso, both of Orlando, Fla., John P. Holmquist of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., and Par Ostberg of Winter Park, Fla., have developed an antifogging device for use in a body safety suit with a head suit portion that covers a head of a worker ....
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Substrate Strip Sawing Process
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Jau-Yuen Su, Tao-Yu Chen and Su Tao, all from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, have developed a process for sawing a substrate strip marks corresponding to substrate areas of substrate strips which are arranged side-by-side on a plate. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrostatic Image Developing Toner
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Tomoko Ishikawa, Yuqing Xu, Katsuo Koizumi and Osamu Ando, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Noriaki Takahashi of Tokyo, have developed a toner for the development of electrostatic image and the production process thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Cold-Adapted Equine Influenza Viruse
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Patricia W. Dowling and Julius S. Youngner, both of Pittsburgh, have developed cold-adapted equine influenza viruses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides experimentally-generated cold-adapted equine influenza viruses, ...
German Inventors Develop Information Items Reading Out Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Robert Fasbender of Ottobrunn, Germany, Herbert Gebele of Sauerlach, Germany, and Michael Weinberger of Altenmunster, Germany, have developed a method of reading out information items stored in a phosphor layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Ohio, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Height Adjustable Protective Garment
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Donald Aldridge of New Carlisle, Ohio, John Granby of Centerville, Ohio, and Harry P. Winer of Holliston, Mass., have developed protective garments with a height that can be adjusted. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Italian Inventor Develops Image Transfer with Sublimating Ink
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Tito Trevisan of Verona, Italy, has developed a transfer of image with sublimating inks and a medium in sheet form for performing it. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for manufacturing a medium in ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Cathodic Protection Methods
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Richard J. Drapeau of Victoria, Minn., has developed methods and systems of cathodic protection for metallic enclosures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes a metallic housing, a backplane situated within the metallic housing, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Biochemical Analysis Data Producing Method
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Hitoshi Shimizu, Keiko Neriishi and Nobuhiko Ogura, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a biochemical analysis data producing method and a scanner used therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biochemical analysis data producing ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Garment Zippered Pouch
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Patricia Ann Anderson of Chula Vista, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a zippered pouch for a garment, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D535,456 on Jan. 23. The original application ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Football Shoulder Pads
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Edward H. Tobergte of Fairfield, Ohio, has developed breathable, lightweight football shoulder pads that include left and right torso pads which present a foam body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The foam body includes a hard inner ...
German Inventors Develop Arrangement with Positive-Doped, Negative-Doped Semiconductor Layers
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Richard Spitz of Reutlingen, Germany, and Alfred Goerlach of Kusterdingen, Germany, have developed an arrangement with positive (p)-doped and negative (n)-doped semiconductor layers and a method for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photoinitiation System
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Akinori Shibuya of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed a novel sensitizing dye and a photoinitiation system using the sensitizing dye. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "compound having a novel structure and a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Internet Telephony
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Jae-Sang Lim of Anyang-si, South Korea, has developed a dual phone, and a method of telecommunicating by using the same, have an integrated services digital network (ISDN) phone and Internet protocol (IP) phone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventors Develop Icemaker Adapter
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Randeep S. Grewal and Harlan R. Davis, both of San Antonio, have developed an icemaker adapter that is suitable for use with different beverage dispensers available from different beverage dispenser manufacturers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Headwear Piece with Associated Rim
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Ronald Kronenberger of Riverwoods, Ill., has developed a headwear piece that has a crown defining a receptacle for the head of a wearer and a rim that projects angularly away from the crown. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rim has a ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Wafer with Vertical Diode Structures
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Fernando Gonzalez, Tyler A. Lowrey, Trung Tri Doan, Raymond A. Turi and Graham R. Wolstenholmem, all from Boise, Idaho, have developed a wafer with vertical diode structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a vertical ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Sexual Organs Underwear Security Device
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Tesfa Guma of Annandale, Va., has developed cover means for female sexual organs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Security underwear is a protective cover for female genital and anal opening against illicit sex and risk of contracting ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Party Hat
Feb 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Elizabeth M. Stuckman of Austin, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for a party hat having inflatable balloon, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D535,458 on Jan. 23. The original application ...