US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, February 27:
Colorado Inventor Develops Telecommunication Switching System Echoes Control Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Douglas A. Spencer of Boulder, Colo., has developed a method of providing echo control across local exchange carrier systems, interexchange carrier systems, and business communication switching systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
California Inventors Develop Wheel Reconditioning Station
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Patrick A. Irby and Jason R. Irby, both of Huntington Beach, Calif., have developed a device for facilitating the reconditioning of an automotive road wheel while such road wheel remains attached to an automobile and has a tire mounted thereon. According to ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Integrated Card, Business Form Assembly
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- David H. Behnen of Chesterfield, Mo., has developed a card and business form assembly and a method for making same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The assembly includes a printable carrier sheet having a card that is releasably attached ...
Tennessee, South Carolina Inventors Develop Polyethylene Terephthalate Pellet Heating Process
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Richard Gill Bonner of Kingsport, Tenn., and A Bob Debenport of Columbia, S.C., have developed a process for heating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pellet feed to a solid stating process by heat exchange with hot solid stated pellets. According to the U.S ....
Canadian Inventor Develops Portable Chair Assembly
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Merrill-Lee Peterson of Albertra, Canada, has developed a portable chair assembly for supporting a user in an upright or prone position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable chair which, when assembled, supports a user in the prone ...
Washington Inventors Develop Inkjet Printing System Starwheel Actuation Timing Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Steve O. Rasmussen of Vancouver, Wash., and Robert M. Yraceburu of Camas, Wash., have developed a method of engagement or actuation timing for a starwheel of a print media transport assembly in an inkjet printing system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Quantum Cryptography Communication System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Takeshi Takeuchi of Tokyo has developed a quantum cryptography communication system and a quantum cryptography key distributing method used in the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum cryptography communication system includes: ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Tool Assembly
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- William M. Hutton of Nazareth, Pa., and Frank P. Russo of Swiftwater, Pa., have developed an apparatus and process for installing a 'T' connection onto underground pipe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly and a process for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Seat
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Kiyoshi Takezawa and Mikio Yamaguchi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a vehicle seat that includes pad and cover assemblies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pad assembly has a main portion and side portions. The side portions ...
New Jersey, New York Inventors Develop Multi-Branch Packet Networks Overload Control Apparatus
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Behrokh Samadi of Basking Ridge, N.J., Eric Jonathan Bauer of Freehold, N.J., and Wassim A. Matragi of Brooklyn, N.Y., have developed a method and an apparatus for congestion management in a multi-branch Internet Protocol-based private branch exchange ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Cement Finishing Screed
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Erik C. Peterson of Milwaukee has developed a cement finishing screed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cement finishing screed is provided which comprises a frame member extending a length of the screed. The frame member includes a ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Two-Wire Triac-Based Low Voltage Alternating Current Dimmer
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Henry Michael Gannon of Grand Junction, Colo., has developed a two-wire triac-based low voltage alternating current (AC) dimmer adapted for configuration in series with a typically incandescent lighting load. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Medicinal Mushroom Biomass Functional Compounds Increasing Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Andrew H. Miller of Calistoga, Calif., Donald Jerry Kinoshita of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Roger Allen Drummer of Los Angeles, have developed a functional substrates for growth of culinary and medicinal mushrooms. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventor Develops Flash Camera
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Wayne E. Stiehler of Spencerport, N.Y., has developed a shutter-flash synchronization driver for dual-blade shutter in camera. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flash camera has a single-piece shutter-opening/closing and shutter-flash ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Adjustable Stabilizing Bracket
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Noel LeCher of Cartersville, Ga., has developed a stabilizing adjustable brackets for designing and constructing a swing set/play set system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-piece stabilizing and adjustable bracket member for constructing ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Flip-Up Eyewear
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Jeffrey C. Herold of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Hiroyuki Sasaki of Sabae, Japan, have developed eyewear characterized as flip-up sunglasses that include a combination of a spring loaded hinge and a magnetic seat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Machined Manifold with Integral Pad
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Patrick A. Tooman of Clarkston, Mich., has developed a machined manifold with integral pads. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold for conveying injection molding material into a mold from a molding material supply and method for ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Electro-Luminescence Display Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Han Sang Lee of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed an electro-luminescence display device and a driving method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-luminescence display device includes an electro-luminescence panel ...
French Inventor Develops Thermoplastic Material Injector Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Thierry Lebreton of St Baldoph, France, has developed an injector device for injecting thermoplastic material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device comprises a dispenser feeding a transit passage of an injector nozzle with ...
Danish Inventors Develop Oblong Articles Heat Treatment Apparatus
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Ju Sachse of ANG lsgarde, Denmark, and Niels ANG Madsen of Smorum, Denmark, have developed an apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles, such as ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Flourescent Lamp Assembly
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Phillip A. McCoy of Albion, Ind., has developed a flourescent lamp assembly that includes a reflector with a cutout, a flourescent lamp and a lampholder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lampholder includes a base end positioned within ...
California Inventor Develops Multi-Post Shock Absorber Clamp System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Rob William Henricksen of Westminster, Calif., has developed a handlebar mount assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "intermediate device that clamps the front suspension of a two-wheeled and/or motorized vehicle as ...
Maine, California Inventors Develop Optical Transceiver
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Todd Vafiades of Scarborough, Maine, and Art Pharn of Huntington Beach, Calif., have developed an apparatus and method of signal detection in an optical transceiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes an ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Vacuum-Packing Diaper
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Alan Kay Snell of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has developed disposable packaged diapers and related infant and incontinent adult care accessories. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of packaging a diaper includes: disposing a compressible ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Body Panel Trim Board Clip
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Oomi Arisaka of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a clip that includes a grommet, a pin, and a thin connection portion integrally connecting the grommet and the pin. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The grommet includes a pair of expandable ...
California Inventor Develops Fire Sprinkler Mount
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Kraig A. Kirschner of Corona, Calif., has developed a fire sprinkler mount that includes a base, a bracket and a rod mounting the bracket to the base. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The base includes a body attachable to a beam with two ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Light Emitting Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Yu Yamazaki, Aya Anazai, Ryota Fukumoto and Mitsuaki Osame, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a light emitting device and an element substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a light emitting device using ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Market Research System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Hidehiro Matsumoto of Tokyo has developed a market research system for enabling market researchers to collect information about users' preferences from mobile terminals through a communications network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Norwegian Inventors Develop Propionicin T1 Polypeptide
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Helge Holo, Thor Langsrud and Ingolf Nes, all from As, Norway, and Therese Faye of Fagierstrand, Norway, have developed a novel bacteriocin and a putative immunity factor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Propionicin T1 has been isolated ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Poultry Enclosing Bagger System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Oleg Veselovsky of Glenview, Ill., Robert Pinto of Chicago, Eggo L. Haschke of Deerfield, Ill., Edward D. Kirk of Mundelein, Ill., have developed an apparatus for packaging a poultry in a bag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bagger ...
Nevada Inventor Develops Miniature Flashlight
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Robert D. Galli of Las Vegas has developed a miniature flashlight that consists of a housing, a light emitting diode (LED), a pair of batteries, and a flexible cover and a contact clip that acts as a switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Inbred Maize Line PH94T
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Joachim Ernst Kramer of Neusiedl, Austria, has developed an inbred maize line designated PH94T. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "inbred maize line, designated PH94T, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Thermoelectric Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Theodore C. Harman of Lexington, Mass., Patrick J. Taylor of Woburn, Mass., Michael P. Walsh of Lunenburg, Mass., and Brian E. LaForge of Tyngsboro, Mass., have developed a thermoelectric (TE) device that includes a first leg of TE material (a pseudobinary or ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Tilting Support Device with Damping Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- King Sheng Wang of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a tilting support device with damping device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tilting support device includes a base rotatably secured to the lower portion of the golf bag, one ...
British Inventors Develop Vehicle Arrest Apparatus
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Pentti Juhani Airikkala of Bray Maidenhead, Berks, Great Britain, and Niko Juhani Airikkala of Hurley, Berks, Great Britain, have developed an apparatus for slowing the progress of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Walking Beam Assembly
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Raymond William English of Edmonton, Canada, has developed a walking beam assembly that is designed for use with a drop axle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A walking beam assembly includes a pair of axles in parallel spaced relation. At ...
German Inventor Develops Measuring Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Franz Basler of Laudenbach, Germany, has developed a measuring device forming part of a machining device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a measuring device comprising elements for measuring models for producing ...
Italian Inventors Develop Vehicle Headlight Illumination Arrangement
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Davide Capello, Piermario Repetto and Pietro Perlo, all from Orbassano, Italy, have developed an illumination arrangement with reduced depth for a vehicle headlight. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination arrangement for a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Performer Motions Detection Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Yoshiki Nishitani, Satoshi Usa, Masaki Sato and Eiko Kobayashi, all from Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed an apparatus and a method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventors Develop Solar Cell
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- John Yupeng Gui and Reed Roeder Corderman, both of Niskayuna, N.Y., and James L. Spivack of Cobleskill, N.Y., have developed dye sensitized solar cells with foil electrodes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "solar ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Inkjet Recording Apparatus
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii and Atsuhiko Takeuchi, all from Nagano, Japan, have developed an inkjet recording apparatus and an ink cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an ink cartridge capable of being ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Music Portions Automatic Extraction Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Ole Kirkeby and Jyri Huopaniemi, both of Espoo, Finland, and Timo Sorsa of Helsinki, Finland, have developed a method for selectively recording music portions of an audio stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Music and non-music ...
Michigan, Utah Inventors Develop Vehicle Enhanced Airbag Module
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Melissa Ziolo and David Schneider, both of Waterford, Mich. Timothy DePottey of Flint, Mich., Charles Sherwin of Mayville, Mich., and David J. Green of Brigham City, Utah, have developed an enhanced airbag module and associated methods for the same. According ...
Texas Inventors Develop Package Making Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Edward Anthony Bezek of Frisco, Texas, Eduard Edwards of Arlington, Texas, Joseph Paul Sagel of Highland Village, Texas, Steven Kenneth Tucker of Hurst, Texas, have developed a method for making a package with at least two items. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Acoustic Percussion Instrument
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Keith A Pickens of Walland, Tenn., has developed a hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument and a percussion set containing the instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Plastic Container
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Hendricus Antonius Hoogland of Netherlands, has developed a method for storing and transporting products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for storing and transporting products, wherein, from plastic, ...
German Inventors Develop Cache Memory Synchronization Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Berndt Gammel of Markt Schwaben, Germany, Thomas Kunemund of Munich, Germany, and Holger Sedlak of Sauerlach, Germany, have developed a method for synchronizing a cache memory with a main memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Inkjet Printer with Ink Pellets Dispensing Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Sandor H. G. Joppen of Venlo, Netherlands, has developed an inkjet printer provided with a device for dispensing ink pellets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "inkjet printer provided with a dispensing device for ...
North Carolina, Michigan Inventors Develop Retractable Chair Work Surface
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Marta Tornero of Greensboro, N.C., and LeRoy Johnson of Lowell, Mich., have developed a retractable work surface for a chair. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable work surface for a chair is provided for a chair that has a pair ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Folding Chair with Arms
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Libin Chen of Changzhou, China, has developed a folding chair with arms. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding chair with arms includes two back-rest tubes, two seating frame tubes, a pair of front crossed tubes, a pair of rear ...
British Inventor Develops Railway Track Circuits
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Lawrence Lawson McAllister of Chippenham, Great Britain, has developed railway track circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Railway track circuit apparatus for train detection comprises a track circuit transmitter and a receiver, wherein the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processor
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Takayuki Katoh and Noritishi Yoshiyama, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Seiichi Kawano and Kenji Oka, both of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed an information processor in which an energy saving function is controlled. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Utah, Connecticut Inventors Develop Electronic Price Tag
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Yehuda Yoked of Park City, Utah, and Roy S. Ophir of Greenwich, Conn., have developed an electronic price tag composed of separable internal and display modules and is adapted for wireless adjustment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Music Structure Detection Apparatus
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Shinichi Gayama of Tsurugashima, Japan, has developed an apparatus and a method for detecting the structure of a music piece in accordance with data representing chronological changes in chords in the music piece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Arizona, Michigan Inventors Develop Inflatable Vehicle Occupant Protection Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Wael S. Elqadah and Xingyuan Sun, both of Gilbert, Ariz., Bruce R. Hill of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and John P. Wallner of Rocester Hills, Mich., have developed an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device with grab handle. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Device
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Tomoki Nakamura of Chiba, Japan, Yoshiyuki Kaneko of Hachioji, Japan, and Toshifumi Ozaki of Mobara, Japan, have developed an image display device which utilizes emission of electrons into vacuum. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To detect ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Music Playback Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Masataka Goto of Tokyo has developed a musical composition reproduction method and a device, and a method for detecting a representative motif section in musical composition data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Cellular Network Handoff Decisions Performance Evaluation System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Brian L. Mark of Fairfax, Va., and Alexe E. Leu of Arlington, Va., have developed a system for efficient modeling and analysis of cellular handoff decision mechanisms used in cellular networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is ...
New York Inventors Develop Metal Sheet Joining Connector
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Timothy E. Walsh of Hicksville, N.Y., and Thomas M. Howard of Lindenhurst, N.Y., have developed a connector for joining a first piece of sheet metal and a second piece of sheet metal together end-to-end. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Method
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Guriq Basi of Palo Alto, Calif., and Jose William Saldanha of Enfield, Great Britain, have developed humanized antibodies that recognize beta amyloid (A beta) peptide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides improved agents ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Plastics Extruder Dimension Control System
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Holton E. Harris of Westport, Conn., has developed plastics extruder dimension and viscosity control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "extrusion control system that controls the cross section and ...
Louisiana Inventor Develops Multi-Purpose Light
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- James C. Barton of Keatchie, La., has developed a multi-purpose light. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multi-purpose light includes a housing, an illumination mechanism provided in the housing for illuminating the mailbox interior and ...
Minnesota, Georgia Inventors Develop Self-Loading Peristaltic Pump
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- John J. O'Mahony of Minnetonka, Minn., and Sonny Behan of Sugar Hill, Ga., have developed a self-loading peristaltic pump for extracorporeal blood circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic pump is disclosed having pump motor ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Inbred Maize Line PH7GD
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Joachim Ernst Kramer of Neusiedl, Austria, has developed an inbred maize line designated PH7GD. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "novel inbred maize line designated PH7GD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof ....
Chinese Inventor Develops Folding Reclining Chair with Arms
Feb 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Libin Chen of Changzhou, China, has developed a folding reclining chair with arms. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "folding reclining chair with arms that is convenient to carry and is comfortable and safe for ...