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Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display with Zigzag Shaped Pixel

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Shinzo Matsumoto, Ken Sasaki and Masaki Mega, all from Mobara, Japan, and Yoshiaki Nakayoshi of Ooamishirasato, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display with zigzag shaped pixel and counter electrodes with notch formed in concave portion of pixel and counter ...

German Inventors Develop Configuration Bit Providing Shift Register

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Georg Georgakos of Fraunberg, Germany, Siegmar Koeppe of Laatzen, Germany, and Thomas Niedermeier of Rosenheim, Germany, have developed a shift register cell operable to safely provide a configuration bit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...

Ohio Inventor Develops Hot Stick Test Apparatus for Insulated Handles

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- James R. Booker of Baltimore, Ohio, has developed a hot stick testing apparatus for testing insulated handles that is used for servicing high voltage transmission lines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "hot stick ...

North Carolina Inventor Develops Remote Direct Current Plant Monitoring System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- C. Pat James of Huntersville, N.C., has developed a remote direct current (DC) plant monitoring system that includes graphical user interface logic and connection logic. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The graphical user interface logic ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Radio Reception System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Yoshiharu Doi of Gifu, Japan, has developed a radio reception system that can remove interference signal component signal component of another user from a reception signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a receptive system of a base station ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Passing Objects Number Counting System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Hironori Sumitomo of Nishinomiya, Japan, and Koji Fujiwara of Mishima-gun, Japan, have developed a counting system for counting the number of passing objects in a path. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counting system is for counting the ...

Minnesota Inventors Develop Computer Systems Configuration Management Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Kenneth Edgar Brown, Gregory Richard Hintermeister and Michael Bill Murphy, all from Rochester, Minn., have developed an apparatus and a method for managing configuration of computer systems on a computer network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Takeo Katsuda of Tokyo has developed an image forming system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When image data read by an image reading device are to be transmitted to an image forming device connected to the reading device via a network, ...

New York, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Transfer Characteristics Measuring Apparatus

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Manjul Bhushan of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Mark B. Ketchen of Hadley, Mass., have developed a method and an apparatus for measuring transfer characteristics of a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and ...

U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Language Model Data Structure Generation Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Lee-Feng Chien, Zheng Chen and Jianfeng Gao, all from Beijing, Shuo Di of Nashua, N.H., and Kai-Fu Lee of Woodinville, Wash., have developed a method and an apparatus for generating and managing a language model data structure. According to the U.S. Patent ...

Italian Inventors Develop Tobacco Foreign Bodies Elimination Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Luca Cerati of Bologna, Italy, and Fiorenzo Draghetti of Medicina, Italy, have developed a method of detecting and eliminating foreign bodies in a flow of tobacco. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of detecting and eliminating ...

Massachusetts Inventors Develop Fluid Container Content Monitor Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- John McSheffrey, Jr. of Needham, Mass., and Brendan T. McSheffrey of Newton, Mass., have developed an apparatus for remote inspection of a pressurized medical fluid container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for remote ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Recording Medium Apparatus

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Atsushi Nishio, Takashi Kawasaki and Satoru Karahashi, all form Tama, Japan, have developed a recording medium apparatus capable of loading a plurality of types of recording media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The recording medium ...

California Inventors Develop Access Interface Infrastructure Implementation Mechanism

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Kapil Surlaker of Mountain View, Calif., Sreenivas Gollapudi of Cupertino, Calif., Lakshminarayanan Chidambaran of Fremont, Calif., and Debashis Saha of Foster City, Calif., have developed a computer-implemented method for an access interface. According to the ...

Israeli Inventors Develop Micro Electro Mechanical System Apparatus

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Slava Krylov of Holon, Israel, Moshe Medina of Haifa, Israel, Avigdor Huber of Yehud, Israel, and Ronen Lalezar of Rishon Lezion, Israel, have developed a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) apparatus for scanning an optical beam. According to the U.S ....

German Inventors Develop Storage Disc Drive

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Volker Becker of Hildesheim, Germany, and Lothar Vogt of Barienrode, Germany, have developed a drive for storage disc which permits a convenient means of loading and unloading the storage disc. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The drive ...

Washington Inventor Develops Compact Amplifier Output Bias Circuit

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Grant A. Ellis of Seattle has developed a compact amplifier output bias circuit that is used as a broadband harmonic termination. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bias circuit is adapted as a harmonic termination circuit to produce an ...

South Korean Inventor Develops In-Plane Switching Mode Liquid Crystal Display Device

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Yun-Bok Lee of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device ...

TASK FORCE LIGHTNING SOLDIERS ATTACKED, COUNTER ATTACK

Feb 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following casualty report: Task Force Lightning Soldiers were attacked while conducting combat operations in Diyala Province Feb. 14. Three Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed as a result of injuries sustained ...

New Yorker Electronics Wins $36,711 Contract

Feb 15, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $36,711 contract to New Yorker Electronics Co. Inc., Northvale, N.J., for miscellaneous communication equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For ...

Stanley Machining & Tool Wins $84,300 Contract

Feb 15, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $84,300 contract to Stanley Machining & Tool Corp., Carpentersville, Ill., for guns 75mm through 125mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...

U.S. Army Awards $159,380 Contract to Maher

Feb 15, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $159,380 contract to Maher Ltd., Sheffield, England, for stainlees steel tubes. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...

Lanzen Fabricating Wins $351,320 Contract

Feb 15, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at up to $351,320 to Lanzen Fabricating Inc., Roseville, Mich., for weapons.The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...

Gentex Wins $31,886 Contract

Feb 15, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $31,886 contract to Gentex Corp., Simpson, Pa., for headsets, handsets, microphones and speakers. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Lighting System Control Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Hiroyuki Yoshida of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an image processing type of measuring device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Luminous intensity and chromaticity of each luminescent light source are ...

South Korean Inventor Develops Transreflective Liquid Crystal Display

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Soo-Guy Rho of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a transreflective type liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A color filter substrate is formed with a light transreflective ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Chiyoaki Iijima of Ina, Japan, and Hiroshi Wada of Horigane-mura, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display device and an electronic apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a liquid crystal display device ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Nobuo Kamei, Hideaki Mizuno, Hideyuki Toriyama, Hiroyuki Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, all from Toyokawa, Japan, have developed an image processing system for reading and processing images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image ...

Minnesota Inventors Develop Self-calibrating Carbon Dioxide Sensor

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Steven J. Eickhoff of Plymouth, Minn., and Roland A. Wood of Bloomington, Minn., have developed a calibration device for carbon dioxide sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "self-calibrating carbon dioxide ...

Illinois, Ohio Inventors Develop Alignment Device

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Duane J.Sies and Michael G. Marchini, both of Freeport, Ill., Richard W. Gehman of Hilliard, Ohio, have developed an alignment device for positioning liquid flow tube. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined liquid flow tube alignment and ...

California Inventors Develop Video Displays Motion-Induced Artifacts Detection Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Joseph V. Miseli of San Bruno, Calif., and Eric Boucher of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for detecting motion-induced artifacts in video displays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the ...

Vermont, Arizona Inventors Develop Semiconductor Processing Tool Consumable Part Disposal System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Paula Calabrese of Mendon, Vt., and Andrej Mitrovic of Phoenix, have developed an electronic monitoring device that archives chemical exposures of a consumable part inside a semiconductor processing tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...

German Inventors Develop Flanged Bush for Plain Bearings

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Klaus Kirchhof of Niedernhausen, Germany, and Konstantinos Valasiadis of Wiesbaden, Germany, have developed a flange sleeve, a method for the production thereof and a bending tool for producing flanges on a sleeve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...

Italian Inventor Develops Telephone Exchange Wire Pairs Electrical Characteristics Control Apparatus

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Silvano Mura of Galatone, Italy, has developed an apparatus for management and remote control of electrical characteristics of wire pairs connected to a telephone exchange. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus for ...

Virginia Inventor Develops Ultra Wide Bandwidth Noise Cancellation Mechanism

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- John W. McCorkle of Vienna, Va., has developed a mechanism and a method for self-canceling noise generated in a ultra wide bandwidth receiver and for providing multi-mode operation for the receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Noise ...

Colorado Inventors Develop Positive-Working Imageable Elements Making Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- James L. Mulligan and Kevin B. Ray, both of Fort Collins, Colo., and Eric Clark of Loveland, Colo., have developed a method of making positive-working imageable elements that have improved imaging speed and shelf life. According to the U.S. Patent & ...

British Inventor Develops Semiconductors Wafer Investigation Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Robert John Wilby of Bristol, Great Britain, has developed an apparatus and a method for investigating semiconductors wafer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to determine the dielectric constant of a layer deposited on a ...

Maryland Inventor Develops Pulse Induction Metal Detector

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Carl V. Nelson of Derwood, Md., has developed a switched coil receiver antenna for metal detector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse induction metal detector includes a pulse transmitter coil for generating and transmitting a first ...

German Inventor Develops Surface Property Determining Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Konrad Lex of Konigsdorf, Germany, has developed a device and a method for determining the properties of surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for determining the properties of surfaces wherein a ...

South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Reflective Plate

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Sang Min Jang of Anyang-si, South Korea, Su Seok Choi of Henam-si, South Korea, and Hee Yeong Ryu of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a reflective plate of liquid crystal display (LCD) and a fabrication method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Contents Presenting System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Takehiko Shioda, Soichi Toyama and Keiichi Yamauchi, all from Tsurugashima, Japan, and Hiroaki Shibasaki and Hideki Amano, both of Tokyo-to, Japan, have developed a contents presenting system and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...

South Korean Inventors Develop Antenna Array Apparatus

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Byung-Jin Chun of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Soon-Young Yoon of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an apparatus and a method for transmission beam forming of antenna array in a mobile communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...

Taiwanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Cell Structure

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Chih-Jen Hu and Chih-Ming Chang, both of Zhongli, Taiwan, and Ching-Huan Lin of Sinying, Taiwan, have developed a multi-domains liquid crystal display (LCD) cell structure and a process of forming a LCD substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...

Swiss Inventors Develop Potentiometric Measurement Probe

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Jean-Nicolas Adami of Zurich, Switzerland, Philippe Ehrismann of Uster, Switzerland, and Markus Bernasconi of Buchs, Switzerland, have developed a measuring probe for potentiometric measurements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...

U.S., Dutch Inventors Develop Stroke Treatments Evaluation Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Gregory A. Sorensen of Lexington, Mass., and Ona Wu of Utrecht, Netherlands, have developed a method for evaluating novel, stroke treatments using a tissue risk map. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of evaluating novel stroke ...

California Inventors Develop Extended Cavity Laser Device

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Robert J. Lang of Alamo, Calif., and Robert G. Waarts of Los Altos, Calif., have developed an extended cavity laser device with bulk transmission grating. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser apparatus is disclosed utilizing a laser diode ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Hydrogen Sensor

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Takuo Ito, Yasuichi Ono and Toshiaki Konno, all from Miyagi-ken, Japan, and Yoshio Nuiya of Saitama-ken, Japan, have developed a method for measuring hydrogen concentration. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen sensor includes a ...

Illinois Inventor Develops Medical Hearing Aid Analysis System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Andrew B. Dittberner of Antioch, Ill., has developed a system for the holistic testing of hearing aid function for improving quality of voice perception. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid analysis system for objective ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Tape Cartridge

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 --Kazuo Hiraguchi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a recording tape cartridge which rotatably accommodates a reel around which a recording tape, such as a magnetic tape or the like, is wound. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a recording ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Sales Supporting System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Takeshi Nishiwaki and Minoru Nishida, both of Tokyo, have developed a sales supporting system associated with navigation system and a method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to provide a "sales supporting system ...

Michigan Inventors Develop Objects Defect Inspection Results Reporting System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Gerret Martin Peters of South Lyon, Mich., Edmund Nizio of Macomb, Mich., Kenneth Nolan Ely of Belleville, Mich., and Timothy W. March of Wixom, Mich., have developed a method to facilitate reporting results of a defect inspection. According to the U.S. Patent ...

New York Inventors Develop Pulse Powered Stage Decoder Circuit

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- James W. Dawson and Donald W. Plass, both of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Kenneth J. Reyer of Stormville, N.Y., have developed a fast pulse powered NOR decode apparatus for semiconductor devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoder ...

Washington Inventors Develop Tool Evaluation System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Paul G. Kostenick Jr., of Everett, Wash., Arlen R. Pumphrey of Lynnwood, Wash., and Albert H. Cha of Auburn, Wash., have developed a tool evaluation system and method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool is evaluated in response to a member of ...

Minnesota Inventors Develop Electric Linear Actuator Position Estimation Control System

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Musibau O. Alowonle of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Bruce Phillip Bushey of Minneapolis, Robert J. Erko of Apple Valley, Minn., Paul Leonard Groschen Jr. of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Richard F. Milun of Corcoran, Minn., have developed a control system for estimating the ...

Southeastern Equipment Wins $90,220 Contract

Feb 15, 2007 ... WARREN, Mich., Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $90,220 contract to Southeastern Equipment Co. Inc., Augusta, Ga., for mechanical power transmission equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...

Rep. Bishop Introduces Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, has introduced the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act (H.R. 839), legislation that would "authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional ...

CLEAR Act Introduced in House by Rep. Norwood

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Georgia, has introduced the CLEAR Act of 2007 (H.R. 842), legislation that would "provide for enhanced federal, state, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize ...

Rep. Smith Introduces Cyber-Security Enhancement, Consumer Data Protection Act

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, has introduced the Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 836), legislation that would "amend title 18, U.S. Code, to better assure cyber-security." The bill, introduced on Feb. 6, was co-sponsored by ...

Rep. Foxx Introduces Bill to Amend Federal Charter of Military Order of Purple Heart of U.S.

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, has introduced a bill (H.R. 841) to "amend the federal charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S., Incorporated, to authorize the corporation to extend eligibility for associate membership in the corporation to the ...

Rep. Abercrombie Introduces Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, has introduced the Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007 (H.R. 835), legislation that would "reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians." The ...

Rep. Carson Introduces Homeless Emergency Assistance, Rapid Transition to Housing Act

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Julia Carson, D-Indiana, has introduced the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007 (H.R. 840), legislation that would "amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless ...

Rep. Smith Introduces Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating Exploitation of Today's Youth Act

Feb 15, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, has introduced the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2007 (H.R. 837), legislation that would "amend title 18, U.S. Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Seamless Pipe Manufacture Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Hiroyuki Iwamoto of Mita, Japan, Akihito Yamane of Amagasaki, Japan, Tooru Egoshi of Kainan, Japan, and Kenichi Sasaki of Wakayama, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing a seamless pipe. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...

Israeli Inventors Develop Thin Film Topography Determination Method

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Ilya Leizerson of Technion Halfa, Israel, and Stephen G. Lipson of Halfa, Israel, have developed a method and a device for determining the topography of a thin film with a front surface and a back surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...

Taiwan Inventors Develop Laser Diode Module

Feb 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Hsien-Cheng Yen and Chun-Ting Lin, both of Taoyuan County, Taiwan, have developed a laser diode module with a built-in high-frequency modulation integrated circuit (IC). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser diode module with a ...