US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, February 28:
Japanese Inventors Develop Dip Molding Composition
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Hisanori Ota and Toshihiro Sakakibara, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a dip molding, a composition for dip molding, and a method for producing a dip molding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dip ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Gallium Oxide Nanowires Synthesis Technique
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Mahendra Kumar Sunkara and Shashank Sharma, both of Louisville, Ky., have developed a method of synthesizing bulk quantities of oxide nanowires of crystalline noncatalytic low melting metals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bulk ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Rolling Electronic Length Measuring Device
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Derek J. Nash and Daily Gist, both of Huntersville, N.C., Michael Williams of Mooresville, N.C., Jeffrey L. Spanski of Weddington, N.C., and John C. Smith of Denver, N.C., have developed an electronic measuring device which includes a pair of wheels connected to an ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Foldable Step Stool
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- William R. Gibson of Kent, Ohio, and Paul K. Meeker of Hiram, Ohio, have developed a step stool with elevated tray. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable step stool includes pivotable front and rear leg units and steps coupled to the ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Components Manufacturing Apparatus
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Joseph C. Roesel, Todd Gary Heinrich and Michael Joseph Martini, all from Cincinnati, Mark E. Leeds of Mason, Ohio, Cary Kinder of Springboro, Ohio, and Daniel Edward Jones of Hamilton, Ohio, have developed a method for aligning a first and a second component for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Security Administration Server
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Toru Mukai, Akira Ishida, Masahiro Adachi, Hideki Koike, Tetsuji Takada and Eiji Tameda, all from Tokyo, have developed a security administration server and its host server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security administration server ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Physical Vapor Deposition Equipment
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Te-Kun Lin of Banciao, Taiwan, has developed a sample holder for the physical vapor deposition equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder for physical vapor deposition equipment, which is disposed in a vacuum chamber for ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Network Access Control System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Puqi Tang of Portland, Ore., and Hsin-Yuo Liu of Hillsboro, Ore., have developed a security enabled network access control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "access control system including a network ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Universal Serial Bus Device
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Brian A. Leete of Beaverton, Ore., and John I. Garney of Portland, Ore., have developed an apparatus to improve performance of an enhanced host controller interface for universal serial bus devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Turbine Engine Components Fixture Marking System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Kevin M. Couture of Meriden, Conn., has developed a marking system that includes a fixture with a base and means for receiving a pair of jaws in an installed condition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fixture includes means for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fine Particle Dispersion Delivering Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Seiichi Takagi and Tetsuo Ohta, both of Minamiashigara, Japan, and Kazuki Inami of Ashigarakami-gun, Japan, have developed a method for delivering a fine particle dispersion and a device for delivering a fine particle dispersion by use of a ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Sound Insulation System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Donald C. Albin Jr. of Carlisle, Pa., has developed a sound insulation system for use with a vehicle that includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Drive Force Control Apparatus
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Hideyuki Saeki and Masanori Aoyagi, both of Zama, Japan, Tatsuya Kamata of Atsugi, Japan, and Kouichi Shimizu of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a vehicle drive force control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle driving ...
Norwegian Inventor Develops Walker with Adjustable Handlebar
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Ulf Tolfsen of Gamle Fredrikstad, Norway, has developed a walker, i.e., a support frame for disabled persons, in which the support frame is provided with wheels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "walker including ...
U.S., South Korean Inventors Develop Tape Measure with Automatic Blade Extension Mechanism
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Dong Hun Kang of Busan, South Korea, and Young Joon Choi of Oakland, N.J., have developed a tape measure that includes an automatic blade extension mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tape measure allows a user to draw and lock ...
Italian Inventor Develops Microelectronic Devices Manufacture Apparatus
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Marco Amiotti of Cornaredo, Italy, has developed an apparatus for manufacturing microelectronic, microoptoelectronic or micromechanical devices with integrated deposit of gas absorbing material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bikini Woman on Bottle
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Tracey C. Scherer of Fort Atkinson, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a bikini woman on a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,356 on Feb. 27. The original application was ...
JAG Enterprises Wins $167,790 Contract
Feb 28, 2007 ... FORT MYER, Va., Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $167,790 contract to JAG Enterprises, Decatur, Ga., for the lease or rental of facilities. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Myer, Va. For more information ...
Consumer Product Safety Commission's Report on Category Rating Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Director at the Office of Human Resources Management ...
EEOC Report Relative to Competitive Sourcing Efforts Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs at EEOC has ...
Report on Federal Participation In Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Executive Office of the President. The Acting Administrator at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has transmitted, pursuant to ...
IRS Final Rule on Source of Income from Certain Space and Ocean Activities Sent to House
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The House Ways and Means Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Internal Revenue Service.The Chief at IRS's Publications and Regulations has transmitted, pursuant to law [5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A)], the Service's final rule on Source of Income from ...
Report Relative to Employees Who Were Assigned to Congressional Committees Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Comptroller General of the United States. The Comptroller General of the United States has transmitted, pursuant to ...
DOT Report on Fundamental Properties of Asphalts Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Transportation. The Secretary at DOT has transmitted, pursuant to law, a ...
IRS Final Rule on Guidance Necessary to Facilitate Business Electronic Filing Sent to House
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The House Ways and Means Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Internal Revenue Service.The Chief at IRS's Publications and Regulations has transmitted, pursuant to law [5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A)], the Service's final rule on Guidance Necessary to ...
HHS Report to Congress on Head Start Monitoring Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary at HHS has transmitted, pursuant to law, a ...
EPA Two Documents Issued by Agency Relative to Its Regulatory Programs Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and ...
Treasury Report Relative to Actions Directed at Correcting Effects of Clerical Error by SSA Sent to Senate
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Finance Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of the Treasury. The Fiscal Assistant Secretary has transmitted, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Secretary of the Treasury's ...
IRS Final Rule on User Fees for Processing Installment Agreements Sent to House
Feb 28, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The House Ways and Means Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Internal Revenue Service.The Chief at IRS's Publications and Regulations has transmitted, pursuant to law [5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A)], the Service's final rule on User Fees ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Quantum Wire Gate Device Formation Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Brian Doyle of Beaverton, Ore., has developed a method of forming a quantum wire gate device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of forming a quantum wire gate device. The method includes patterning ...
California Inventors Develop Multiple Virtual Private Network
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Kenneth A Moberg of Boulder Creek, Calif., Steven Lin of Cupertino, Calif., Spencer Greene of Palo Alto, Calif., and James Murphy of San Ramon, Calif., have developed a network device that provides services for multiple virtual private networks ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Air Conditioner Air Movement and Filter Component
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Debra Jean Reaves of Aurora, Ill., has developed an air conditioning device for heating and/or an environment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The air conditioning device includes a heat exchanging apparatus, a passage, and a corona discharge ...
Alabama Inventors Develop Voice, Data Communications System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby and W. Stuart Venters, all from Huntsville, Ala., have developed voice and data communications systems for providing integrated voice and data access to a T1 carrier data line terminating at the customer ...
German Inventor Develops Drilling Device with Rotational Drive
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Gerhard Volkel of Erndtebruck, Germany, has developed a device for producing earth drillings with a drive unit for rotation and advance for a rod assembly having a plurality of interconnected rod sections. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Australian, British Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Edouard Didier John Irvine Ball of Sydney, Australia, and Timothy Frederik Thomas Perry of London, have developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,349 on Feb ....
South Korean Inventor Develops Peripheral State Checking Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Young-hye Kim of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a method of checking a state of a peripheral with an identification information that representes the identity of the peripheral. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Martin H. Beck of Amherst, N.H., Dennis C. Connor of Merrimack, N.H., and Christopher William Lussier of Milford, N.H., have developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Laser Device
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Hirotoshi Takemori of Nara, Japan, has developed a semiconductor laser device that contains laser driver and an electronic equipment with the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a semiconductor laser device containing ...
California Inventors Develop Data Access Control System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Daniel Man-Hung Wong of South San Franscisco, Calif., Chon Hei Lei of Alameda, Calif., and Ahmed Alomari of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a method and a mechanism for implementing synonym-based access control. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventor Develops One-piece Safety Cleat
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- John Christopher Womack of Nocona, Texas, has developed a one-piece safety cleat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "one-piece safety cleat with a flat base having an upstanding rim surrounding it to form an open ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka and Tomohiro Tsunoda, all from Tokyo, have developed a network system, a network server and a terminal device that is applicable to the network system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fragrance Bottle
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Stephen Burks of Brooklyn, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a fragrance bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,347 on Feb. 27. The patent has been assigned to Missoni SpA, ...
Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printhead
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed an inkjet printhead with deep reverse etch in integrated circuit wafer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "inkjet printhead with nozzles, chambers and heater ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Desktop Class Disk Drive
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Andrew B. McNeill Jr. of Morrisville, N.C., and Kenneth R. Schneebeli of San Jose, Calif., have developed a disk drive that increases the quality and reliability of desktop class disks in enterprise storage applications. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventor Develops Ink-Jet Pocket Printing Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Tobias Stadler of Regensburg, Germany, has developed a method of ink-jet pocket printing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of a computer-based method to graphically specify one or more encoder lines at which one or more ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Network Environment Textual Information Providing Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Daniel Schreiber and David Guedaliah, both of Beit-Shemesh, Israel, have developed a method and an apparatus for preventing reuse of text, images and software transmitted via networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Material Reading Luminous Source
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Ming-Chiang Tsai of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed a luminous source for reading material that includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light guide plate is adjacent the light source, ...
California Inventors Develop Continuously Tunable Coupled Opto-Electronic Oscillator
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Vladimir Ilchenko of Arcadia, Calif., and Danny Eliyahu of Pasadena, Calif., have developed a continuously tunable coupled opto-electronic oscillators with balanced opto-electronic filters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
German Inventor Develops Whole Blood Separation Device
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Sibylle Latza of St. Ingbert, Germany, has developed a device for separating whole blood into an erythrocyte concentrate and thrombocyte-containing plasma under gravitational force. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Chemical Analysis System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Akihiro Komatsu of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed a chemical analysis system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chemical analysis system includes a spotting mechanism for spotting a sample liquid onto a first chemical analysis element ...
Swiss, Japanese Inventors Develop Accelerator Admixture
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Terje Angelskaar of Zurich, Switzerland, and Raita Iwata of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an accelerator composition that is adapted to be used with sprayed cementitious compositions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Nano Device Transistor Manufacture Process
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Ming-Jiunn Lai, Hung-Hsiang Wang, Jeng-Hua Wei, Hsin-Hui Chen and Ming-Jer Kao, all from Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a structure and a manufacturing process of a nano device transistor for a biosensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
VIRGINIA TECH LAUNCHES FIRST UNIVERSITY YOUTUBE CONTEST
Feb 28, 2007 ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release: Virginia Tech is launching a student contest "Let's Go Tubing" starting Feb. 28 for videos to be posted on the YouTube video website. The contest is the first university-sponsored YouTube ...
RUTH TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR JEWISH AWARENESS MONTH
Feb 28, 2007 ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, world-renowned author, lecturer, and sex therapist will be at Virginia Tech on Monday, March 12 to provide the keynote address launching the university's first Jewish Awareness ...
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ISSUES AGENDA FOR JAN. 10 BOARD MEETING
Feb 28, 2007 ... The Virginia Department of Education issued the following board agenda: 9:00 a.m. FULL BOARD CONVENES MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Approval of Minutes of the January 10, 2007, Meeting of the Board RESOLUTIONS/RECOGNITIONS * Resolution of ...
POLISH MEDIA TOURS ALASKAN MISSILE DEFENSE COMPLEX
Feb 28, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following press release: By Army Sgt. Jack W. Carlson III49th Missile Defense Battalion Reporters from the Washington, D.C., based Polish Radio and T.V. toured the Missile Defense Complex here Feb. 21. Together the two ...
French Inventor Develops Internet-Type Network Remote Control Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Renaud Mariana of Le Chesnay, France, has developed a method for remote control of a user station that is equipped with a smart card reader via an internet type network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method and ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Catalyst Particle Size Selection Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Rafael L. Espinoza, Oluwaseyi A. Odueyungbo, Jianping Zhang and Sergio R. Mohedas, all from Ponca City, Okla., have developed a method for producing hydrocarbons from synthesis gas in a slurry bubble reactor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Thomas Waldner of Malmo, Sweden, has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,346 on Feb. 27. The patent has been assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings ...
California Inventors Develop Controlled Tool Operation Method
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Brian J. Cutler of Rowland Heights, Calif., David Duvan of Chino, Calif., Gary Keefe of West Hills, Calif., Denny Atkinson of Pomona, Calif., and David R. Costantino of San Diego, have developed a system and a method of using a system for controlled tool ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Electrochemical Sensing Circuit with High Dynamic Range
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Timothy D. Kaiser of Plain City, Ohio, has developed an electronic sensing circuit for an electrochemical gas sensor cell providing high dynamic range. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electronic circuit utilizes an amplifier with a ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fluid Product Dispenser
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Frederic Duquet of Thibouville, France, has developed an ornamental design for a fluid product dispenser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,345 on Feb. 27. The patent has been assigned to ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Protein Temperature Evaporation-Controlled Crystallization Device
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Robert F. Redden of Victoria, Canada, has developed a temperature- and evaporation-controlled device for the crystallization of proteins from a protein-containing solution. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device comprises a ...
Wyoming Inventors Develop Water Bucket System
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Duane Allan Powers and Timothy James Mikus, both of Greybull, Wyo., and Cody Lee Barritt of Basin, Wyo., have developed a water bucket system with a water bucket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The water bucket system comprises computer ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Steam-Reforming Catalytic Structure
Feb 28, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 28 -- Charles W. Krueger of Cambridge, Mass., has developed a steam-reforming catalytic structure and a pure hydrogen generator comprising the same and a method of operation of same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...