US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, March 2:
North Carolina Inventor Develops Casingless Food Production Methods
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Sarid M. Shefet of Cary, N.C., has developed casingless food production methods, systems, and associated traveling matable mold shells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Telescoping Steering Column Positioning Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Alan Dale Feiertag of Emmaus, Pa., has developed a positioning device for a telescoping steering column. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A positioning device for a telescoping steering column includes a ...
Maine, Mississippi Inventors Develop Illuminating Pompon
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Deane Stern of Bangor, Maine, Hal Meyers of Eddington, Maine, John Prince of Tupelo, Miss., have developed pompons for use by cheerleaders and cheering spectators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminating pompon that includes a ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Extruded Material Cutting Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Edward E. Williams of St. Louis has developed an apparatus and a process for cutting of extruded material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Weather-Based Decision System for Business Recommendations
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Frederic Fox of Berwyn, Pa., Mike Kowa of Glenmoore, Pa., Michael Willen of Thorndale, Pa., Paul Walsh of Downingtown, Pa., Doug Pearson of Mohnton, Pa., and David Estornell of Lincoln University, Pa., have developed a weather-based decision system for providing ...
Chinese, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Connector for Flexible Printed Circuit
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Chi Zhang of Kunsan, China, and Ren-Chih Li of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, have developed an electrical connector that is decreased in size of height for a flexible printed circuit (FPC). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An connector for a FPC ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Data Mining, Reporting Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Robert Machalek of St. Paul, Minn., has developed conventional customer relationship management (CRM) software applications which are used to manage all aspects of customer relations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated system ...
California Inventor Develops Tripping, Re-Cocking Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Daniel L. Riffe of Los Angeles has developed a mechanism for re-cocking from its non-operational position a shifted frame of an apparatus in which the apparatus becomes operational. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tripping and ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Common Lead Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Steven Su of Taoyuan, Taiwan, has developed a common lead device for satellite automatic tracking antenna (SATA) and periphery power connectors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A common lead device applied to SATA and periphery power ...
British Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Motion Encoder
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Gary Wingett of Hampshire, Great Britain, Andrew Raymond Bick of Surrey, Great Britain, and Maysara Fermawi of London, Great Britain, have developed a motion encoder for use with a rotating key. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The motion ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Supply Chain Computerized Management System
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Wu-Chieh Wang of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed a computerized management system which is applicable for the supply chain cell or cell group or boundary conservation of value and quantity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Jet Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Takaaki Miyamoto of Kanagawa, Japan, and Minoru Kohno of Tokyo, have developed liquid jet heads, liquid jet apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing the liquid jet head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "ensure ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Automobile Accelerator
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Masuyuki Naruse of Kumamoto-ken, Japan, has developed an automobile accelerator and a brake pedal device with a transversely operable accelerator and a vertically operable brake pedal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Radiation Image Taking Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Watanabe Tetsuo of Tochigi, Japan, has developed a portable radiation image taking apparatus which is constructed such that a grid and a photo timer are attachable to the outside of a case. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Rapid Thermal Processing Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Dave Camm and Miaden Bumbulovic, both of Vancouver, Canada, Mike Krasnich and Sergiy Dets, both of Richmond, Canada, and Steve McCoy of Buraby, Canada, have developed an enhanced rapid thermal processing apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New Mexico Inventors Develop Nuclear Sensor Signal Processing Circuit
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Frank T. Noda and Joshua L. Etzkin, both of Albuquerque, N.M., Gene A. Kallenbach of Bosque Farms, N.M., and Dean J. Mitchell of Tijeras, N.M., have developed an apparatus for a compact and temperature-insensitive nuclear sensor that can be calibrated with a ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Memory Read Data Alignment Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Paul A Silvestri of Meridian, Idaho, has developed a method of alignment of memory read data and clocking. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and methods are provided for aligning data read from a memory with an output clock signal ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Sample Platform Hybridization Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Ulrich J. Krull of Ontario, Canada, has developed a hybridization platform. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for the detection and identification in a sample of one or more target molecules which bind to nucleic acid ...
Australian Inventors Develop Printhead Module
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King and Garry Raymond Jackson, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed a printhead module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a printhead module. The printhead module ...
TOP MARINE LEADERS VISIT OKINAWA
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Gen. James T. Conway, the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, visited Okinawa Feb. 21-23 for the first time since Conway assumed his position in ...
AIRCRAFT RECOVERY MARINES SNAG TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: As an F/A-18C Hornet approached Marine Corps Air Station Futenma's flight line Feb. 13, a four-man team of Marines waited with the emergency arresting gear needed to catch the jet's tail hook and bring it to a screeching ...
MARINES, SAILORS REPAIR DAMAGED ROADS DURING EXERCISE BALIKATAN '07
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Bato Bato resident Nader Daud and his friends come daily to watch the progress Marines and seabees make on the repair of the main road that leads from the village to the island's largest municipality, Jolo City. Daud ...
MARINES FIRST TO TRY OUT HIGH-TECH ANTENNA
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: More than 30 Marines with 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Division and Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, trained with the new Large Aperture Multi-band Deployable Antenna Feb. 5-16 at ...
INFANTRY UNIT TO RETAIN ITS SENIOR ENLISTED LEADERSHIP
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Infantry Marines specializing in light armored vehicles and reconnaissance will soon have more senior enlisted experts, which until recently, reached no higher than sergeant because crewmen in the field were forced into ...
OKINAWA FIRST TO HOST DIVISION MATCHES UNDER RECONSTRUCTED COMPETITION IN ARMS PROGRAM
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: More than 120 Marines on Okinawa competed Feb. 19-21 on Camp Hansen in the first Division Match marksmanship competition since the Marine Corps completely revamped its Competition in Arms program. The 106-year-old ...
LOGISTIC MARINES PUT LIFE-SAVING SKILLS INTO PRACTICE
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Tearing over open ground Feb. 16 toward a crippled truck surrounded by wounded, frantic Marines, Cpl. Phillip Carter got a sense of the vast difference between learning about combat casualty care and actually applying ...
Syracuse International Technologies Wins $36,406 Contract
Mar 02, 2007 ... WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., March 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $36,406 contract to Syracuse International Technologies, Miami, for accessories for the AN/PRC-152 Radios for the electronic proving ground, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Golf Club Head
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Hideo Matsunaga of Saitama, Japan, has developed a golf club head that has a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, a side portion and a hosel portion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each portion is made of titanium or a titanium alloy ....
North Carolina Inventors Develop Data Strobe Signal
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Alessandro Minzoni of Morrisville, N.C., and Jung Pill Kim of Cary, N.C., have developed a memory that comprises a first circuit, a second circuit, and a latch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first circuit is configured to provide a ...
British Inventors Develop Conduit Inspection Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- John Stewart MacMillan of Glasgow, Great Britain, Patrick Gerard McBride of Dumbarton, Great Britain, John Gibb MacMillan of Helensburgh, Great Britain, Colin Main of Hamilton, Great Britain, David Kennedy of Blanefield, Great Britain, and Kenneth Cameron of East ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Hideaki Kurata of Kodaira, Japan, Kazuo Otsuga of Kokubunji, Japan, Yoshitaka Sasago of Tachikawa, Japan, Takashi Kobayashi of Tokorozawa, Japan, and Tsuyoshi Arigane of Akishima, Japan, have developed a semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S ....
Australia Inventors Develop Ink Jet Printhead Chip
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Kia Silverbrook and Gregory John McAvoy, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a ink jet printhead chip with volumetric ink ejection mechanisms. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printhead chip includes a substrate that ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Automobiles Electronic Power Steering Systems Magnetic Sensor
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Ko Ching-shun of Yungho, Taiwan, and Yang Yao-song of Miaoli County, Taiwan, have developed a magnetic sensor that can be used in electronic power steering systems in automobiles. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventor Develops Conical Point Sharpener
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- William S. Scott of Vancouver, Wash., has developed a conical point sharpener. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conical point sharpener for sharpening conical shaped points such as fishhooks, needles, surgical instruments includes a ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Database Management System
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Anisoara Nica of Waterloo, Canada, has developed a database management system with a methodology for generating bushy trees using a left-deep tree join enumeration algorithm. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methodology for ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Station Tuning Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Tapio Kuiri and Ville Salmi, both of Oulu, Finland, and Jorma Savolainen of Timola, Finland, have developed a method of tuning a station. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of tuning a station is disclosed, wherein a first pilot ...
New York Inventors Develop Non-Heavy Metal Optical Bandpass Filter
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- David Tsi Shi and Vladimir Gurevich, both of Stony Brook, N.Y., and Edward Barkan of Miller Place, N.Y., have developed a non-heavy metal optical bandpass filter in electro-optical readers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heavy metals ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Scene Registration Network Creation Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Fred M. Persi of Aliquippa, Pa., and Eric Hoffman of Liberty, Pa., have developed an apparatus for creating a registration network of a scene that includes a laser scanner for scanning the scene and obtaining data of the scene. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Italian Inventors Develop Light Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Gianluca Rotaris, Patrizia Melpignano, Michele Antonipieri and Silvia Priante, all from Amaro, Italy, Sabino Sinesi of Piossasco, Italy, have developed light panels for road signs or information to the public, and to motor-vehicle lights. According to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photodetector, Image Forming Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Tohru Hisano of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed aphotodetector, a method of using the same, and an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetector includes a light emitting portion for applying light, a light ...
California Inventors Develop Flexible Pad Conditioner Embodiments
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Paul D. Butterfield of San Jose, Calif., and Sen-Hou Ko of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed embodiments of a flexible pad conditioner for conditioning a processing pad. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pad conditioner includes an ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Organophotoreceptor
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Jiayi Zhu and Ronald J. Moudry, both of Woodbury, Minn., have developed organophotoreceptors suitable for use in electrophotography. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved organophotoreceptor that comprises: ...
German Inventor Develops Gas Diffusion Media Quality Control Methods
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Joerg Roth of Trebur, Germany, has developed quality control methods for gas diffusion media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses various methods in which a quality of a diffusion media for use in a fuel cell ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Sanding Tool
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Jon A. Kirschhoffer of White Bear Lake, Minn., Eric R. Cybulski of Woodbury, Minn., Ryan Patrick Simmers of Cottage Grove, Minn., and Bernard A. Gonzalez of St. Paul, Minn., have developed a hand-held, manually-operated, sanding tool for use with a replaceable ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Electronics Module Lever-and-Spring Assembly
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Jeffrey M. Lewis of Maynard, Mass., has developed a lever-and-spring assembly for an electronic module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electronic module has a flange extending from one of its sides. The lever-and-spring assembly has ...
German Inventor Develops Errors Erasing Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Alecsandru Nistor of Grenzach, Germany, has developed methods and devices for erasing errors and compensating interference signals caused by gammagraphy in radiometric measuring systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device ...
French Inventors Develop Charged Particles Sensing Arrangement
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Pierre Jarron of St. Julien en Genevois, France, has developed a sensing arrangement having a sensor device and amplifier circuitry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing arrangement for sensing charged particles and/or quanta of ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Surfaces Irradiation Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Tzvi Avnery of Winchester, Mass., has developed an apparatus for irradiating surfaces that includes an electron beam generator for generating a beam of electrons. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The beam of electrons exits the electron ...
New York Inventors Develop Photothermographic Element Positive Image Formation Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Michael R. Roberts of Rochester, N.Y., Paul B. Gilman of Penfield, N.Y., Donald L. Black of Webster, N.Y., and Kurt M. Schroeder of Spencerport, N.Y., have developed a method of forming a positive image in a photothermographic element that has been imagewise exposed ...
California Inventors Develop Web Page Auto-Complete Implementing Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Kyu-Woong Lee of Milpitas, Calif., and Karen E. Wales of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a computer-implemented method for facilitating auto-completion of user data input in a web page. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radio Communication Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Yasuaki Yuda, Takashi Fukagawa and Keiji Takakusaki, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Takaaki Kishigami of Tokyo, and Shoji Miyamoto of Miyagi, Japan, have developed radio communication apparatuses for mobile radio communications systems. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Machine Element Apparatus Position Monitoring Apparatus
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Bradley Engstrand of Hartford, Wis., has developed an apparatus, a system and a method for monitoring position of a machine element within a mechanical system and/or cleaning a machine element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light ...
New York Inventor Develops Precessional Device with Output Torque Generation Controler
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Peter Winston Hamady of New York has developed a precessional device with independent control of the output torque generated by the device and the oscillation race of the device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device comprises a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Phase Difference Specifying Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Daigo Hoshino of Sendai, Japan, has developed a phase difference specifying method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase shift mask comprises first and second mask patterns. The first mask pattern is a backing film enabling a first ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Forward Error Corrected Data Transmission Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Stephen Heppe of Hood River, Ore., has developed a multidimensional turbo product code decoding of encoded data transmitted over diversity channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to transmit and receive forward error ...
Future Technologies Consulting Group Wins $37.03 Million Contract
Mar 02, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $37.03 million contract to Future Technologies Consulting Group Inc., Marietta, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency. For more ...
S&E Services Wins $649,000 Contract
Mar 02, 2007 ... FORT DIX, N.J., March 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $649,000 contract to S&E Services Inc., Edison, N.J., for labor, materials, supervision, transportation, and equipment necessary to replace water mains located in the 5500 area of Fort Dix, N.J. The contract was awarded by the ...
RECON MARINES, SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS TEAM UP FOR PARACHUTE OPS
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Reconnaissance Marines and Special Forces soldiers teamed up Feb. 13 1,000 feet above Camp Schwab to sharpen some of the high-flying skills common to their missions. Marines from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd ...
'STEEL RAIN' BATTALION IMPACTS CITIZENS OF LOCAL TOWNS
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Marines mounted in machine gun-toting humvees and armed with M-16 rifles, M-9 pistols and the best laid plans travel down back roads making their way toward the innocent citizens of a quiet country settlement. The convoy ...
MARINES, SAILORS SLIP THROUGH COVER OF DARKNESS DURING NIGHTTIME RAID
Mar 02, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: An armed terrorist looks out into the dark sea from an ocean-front villa. It's so quiet, he doesn't suspect that there are more than 100 Marines under the cover of night preparing to assault the compound he is helping ...
German Inventors Develop Holding Device
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Holger Fuchs and Ottmar Rothaupt, both of Aalen, Germany, have developed a holding device having a transparent cover element for a drape. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drape for a surgical microscope is attached to the surgical ...
Pennsylvania, Connecticut Inventors Develop Hub and Detectable Spool
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Ernest L. Woosley of Greensburg, Pa., Doug Jackson of Alison, Pa., Richard Crooks of Apollo, Pa., and John A. Pomfret of East Lyme, Conn., have developed a method of forming a hub. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved detectable ...
German Inventor Develops Nucleic Acid Determination Method
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Stephan Jaeger of Penzberg, Germany, has developed a method for the determination of a nucleic acid using a control. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method for the determination of a target nucleic ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Lens Cover Set
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Chien-Ming Li of Taipei County, Taiwan, Ko-Hsien Lee of Fongshan, Taiwan, and Shu-Mei Chien of Bade, Taiwan, have developed a lens cover set. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens cover set, used with a lens disposed on an electronic ...
California Inventors Develop Device Under Test Bus Transaction Systems
Mar 02, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 -- Tak M. Mak of Union City, Calif., and Li Chen of La Jolla, Calif., have developed methods, systems, and apparatuses to emulate bus transactions for a device under test (DUT). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Test data is sent from a ...