US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, March 5:
Ohio Inventors Develop Cash Dispensing Automated Banking Machine
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- H. Thomas Graef of Bolivar, Ohio, Kenneth C. Kontor of Chesterland, Ohio, Michael J. Harty of North Canton, Ohio, and Brian M. Jones of Navarre, Ohio, have developed a cash dispensing automated banking machine and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Heat Dissipation Opening Electronic Apparatus
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Chih Sheng Tsai of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an electronic apparatus and a shielding structure for heat dissipation openings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical apparatus includes a housing, a shielding plate, a first ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Chip Scale Package Fabrication Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Larry D. Kinsman and Salman Akram, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a method for fabricating a chip scale package using wafer level processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Channels are formed that pass through an active surface of ...
Texas Inventors Develop Low Power Distributed Transmitter
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Mathew Rybicki, Michael May and Timothy Markison, all from Austin, Texas, and Michael Cave of Pflugerville, Texas, have developed a low power distributed transmitter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low power distributed transmitter includes a ...
California Inventors Develop Optimization Technique for Layered Modulation
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Weizheng Wang of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Guangcai Zhou of Reseda, Calif., Tung-Sheng Lin of Claremont, Calif., Ernest C. Chen of San Pedro, Calif., Joseph Santoru of Agoura Hills, Calif., and William C. Lindsey of Pasadena, Calif., have developed a method and an ...
California Inventor Develops Radio-Frequency Identification Delivery, Pickup Determination System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Shih-Ho Wang of Davis, Calif., has developed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) delivery and pickup determination system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "a deliver and pickup determination system for ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Socket Contact Forming Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Warren M. Farnworth of Nampa, Idaho, has developed a method of forming socket contacts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a socket used to house semiconductor die during testing, a recessed socket contact and methods of making the same are ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kinji Saijo, Shingji Ohsawa, Hiroaki Okamoto, Kazuo Yoshida and Tadatomo Suga, all from Yamaguchi-ken, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device and fabrication method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Dual Damascene Interconnection Fabrication Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kyoung-woo Lee, Jae-hak Kim and Hong-jae Shin, all from Seoul, South Korea, Soo-geun Lee and Wan-jae Park, both of Suwon, South Korea, have developed a method of fabricating dual damascene interconnections. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Audio Reproducing Apparatus
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Mamoru Kitamura of Tokyo has developed an audio reproducing apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comparator for compensating the pulse width of the drive control signal of a power amplifier by using a sense signal of an ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Printed Circuit Board Mounting System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- John J. Beirne of Chicago has developed a gaming machine with universal personal computer board mounting system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board mounting system for a gaming machine comprises a universal mounting ...
California Inventors Develop Multilayer Encapsulating Film Forming Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Tae Kyung Won and Sanjay Yadav, both of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for forming a multilayer encapsulating film over a substrate within a substrate processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus ...
California Inventor Develops Digital Pulse Width Modulated Generator
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 --Virgil Gheorghiu of Campbell, Calif., has developed a digital pulse width modulated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One exemplary circuit includes a binary counter, an n-bit digital to analog converter (DAC) and a comparator. The binary ...
California Inventor Develops Optical Transceiver System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Gary B. Gordon of Saratoga, Calif., has developed optical transceiver systems and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A representative optical system includes an optical transceiver with an optical source and an optical receiver. The ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Integrated Center Stack Switch Bank
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- David A. Hein of Sterling Heights, Mich., has developed an integrated center stack switch bank for motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface is in the form of a switch bank for the center stack of a motor vehicle. The ...
Florida Inventors Develop Aircraft Escape Slide Lighting System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Jose Franco-Vila, Philip Pelfrey and Glenn Levine, all from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have developed an aircraft escape slide lighting system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a lighting system for providing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kengo Inoue of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device has a multi-layer interconnection structure with a first interlayer insulation film and ...
West Virginia Inventor Develops Recessed Poke-thru Fitting
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Timothy S. Bowman of Parkersburg, W.Va., has developed an improved poke-thru fitting configured to be positioned within a floor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A poke-thru fitting includes a plurality of stacked modules, each of the ...
California Inventors Develop Extended Universal-Serial Bus Plug
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Horng-Yee Chou of Palo Alto, Calif., Ren-Kang Chiou of Fremont, Calif., and Edward W. Lee of Mountain view, Calif., have developed an extended universal-serial bus (USB) plug and extended universal-serial bus (USB) socket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Light Bulb Assembly
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Chia-Yu Liu of Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Li-Kuan Wong of Keelung, Taiwan, have developed a light bulb assembly with reduced tolerance for engaging a light bulb to a light engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light bulb has a first ...
Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas Inventors Develop Microphone Isolation System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- John C. Baumhauer Jr. of Indianapolis, Larry Allen Marcus of Fishers, Ind., Robert Spaller of Amesbury, Mass., Peter Chu of Lexington, Mass., Thao D. Hovanky of Austin, Texas, and Denton L. Simpson of Round Rock, Texas, have developed a microphone isolation ...
British Inventors Develop Compliant Spacer
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Keith Bryden Fitzsimons, David Edward Painter and Andrew Martin Cave, all from Yeovil, Great Britian, and Michael John Locke of West Camel, Great Britian, have developed a compliant spacer which in use is located between two machine elements which are clamped together ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Switch Device
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Hideji Onodera and Takeshi Fujimoto, both of Tokyo, and Yutaka Sekino of Hadano, Japan, have developed a switch device for use as, for example, a door mirror switch of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a switch device ...
New York Inventor Develops On-Line Publishing System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Neil J. Squillante of New York has developed a method of operating on-line communities using a computer network with an extensible information publishing architecture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A publishing system is disclosed that ...
Louisiana Inventor Develops Shaped Neon Light Spark Plug Connector
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kevin L. Alexander of West Monroe, La., has developed a neon light spark plug/coil connector for an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "shaped neon light spark plug connectors which include a continuous length ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Nobuaki Hashimoto of Suwa, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device and a method of manufacture thereof, a circuit board, and an electronic instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a plurality of ...
Texas Inventors Develop Coding Parameter Signaling Decode Operation Timing Compensation Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- David P. Magee and Srinath Hosur, both of Plano, Texas, and Manish Goel of Dallas, have developed a method for achieving timing compensation in coding parameter signaling (CPS) decode operations in a transceiver device. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Fault-Tolerant Computer System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Louise E. Moser and Peter M. Melliar-Smith, both of Santa Barbara, Calif., have developed a method of maintaining consistent group membership for objects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention defines a "method and mechanisms for ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Signal-To-Interference+Noise Ratio Estimate Generation Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Daniel R. Jeske of Monmouth, N.J., and Ashwin Sampath of Somerset, N.J., have developed a method of generating a signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR) estimate for the adaptation of data communication rates among users. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Connecticut, California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Ball
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Patrick Joseph Paolucci of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Michael Paul Paolucci of Washington, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for the ball, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,492 on ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Vehicle Lifting Device Roller Assembly
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Thomas A. Panzarella and David D. McClanahan, both of Harleysville, Pa., and James B. Eldon III of Barto, Pa., have developed a roller assembly for a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Large-Size Substrate Preparation Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Yukio Shibano, Daisuke Kusabiraki, Shuhei Ueda and Atsushi Watabe, all from Joetsu, Japan, have developed a method for preparing large-size substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A large-size substrate having improved flatness is ...
Oklahoma, Mississippi Inventors Develop Gas Analysis Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Donald Theodore Turnbaugh Jr. and Alan J. Morris, both of Oklahoma City, and Johnny Balcom Perkins of Hamilton, Miss., have developed a method for the analysis of gas produced by a titanium tetrachloride fluidized bed reactor. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventors Develop Two-Stage Switching Network
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Ygal Arbel of Belmont, Calif., Robert Louis Caulk of Livermore, Calif., and Christoph Dominique Loeffler-Lejeune of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a two-stage switching network that takes data from an input and first switches it through a space stage into a ...
California Inventors Develop Flash Memory Encryption Device
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Victor Chuan-Chen Wu of Cupertino, Calif., and Bill Kwong of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a flash memory encryption device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "flash memory encryption device that enables ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Fuel Gauge Stylus
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Philip H. Burrus IV of Lilburn, Ga., and William Phelps III of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a stylus that employs a translucent material for conducting light to convey information from a portable electronic device to a user. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Foldable Electronic Device with Casings
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Shinichi Otsuka and Ryuichi Toyoda, both of Yokohama, Japan, Katsumasa Yamaguchi of Sagamihara, Japan, Teruo Nanmoku of Kanagawa, Japan, and Yoshihisa Naito of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a foldable electronic apparatus that has first and second ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Secure Scan Testing Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Thomas Tkacik and Lawrence Case, both of Phoenix, Douglas Hardy and Steven Tugeberg, both of Scottsdale, Ariz., John E. Spittal Jr. of Waddel, Ariz., Mark Redman of Gilbert, Ariz., Gregory Schmidt of Chandler, Ariz., Michael D. Fitzsimmons of Austin, Texas, Darrell L ....
Washington Inventor Develops Hoisting Assembly for Vehicle Differential
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Brandon Crabtree of Bellingham, Wash., has developed a method and apparatus for removing and installing a differential of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "hoisting assembly that is adapted to be ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Transmission Method, Data Transmission Device
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 --Tomohiro Takano, Tadashi Sakaguchi and Hideyuki Azumi, all from Kusatsu, Japan, have developed a data transmission method that is capable of suppressing communication errors with a simple microcomputer processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Hard Cover Product Intermediate Cover Board
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Dale Hunt Nichols Sr. of Brentwood, Tenn., has developed an intermediate cover board with concealed security device for hard cover product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "an intermediate cover board for assembly ...
U.S., Norwegian Inventors Develop Photodetector Signal Amplification Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Eric R. Fossum of La Canada, Calif., Giuseppe Rossi of Pasadena, Calif., and Alf Olsen of Oslo, Norway, have developed circuits and methods for amplification of an output signal for pixel sensors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Signals ...
California Inventors Develop Damascene Structure Fabrication Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Li-Qun Xia and Mehul Naik, both of San Jose, Calif., and Huong Thanh Nguyen and Michael Scott Barnes, both of San Ramon, Calif., have developed a method of selectively etching organosilicate layers in integrated circuit fabrication processes. According to the ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Automatic Monitor Sliding System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Jian-Cheng Chen and Chun-Chang Shih, both of Shijr, Taiwan, have developed an automatic monitor sliding system that comprises a machine case, a slidable structure, a monitor mounting plate, and a monitor structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventor Develops Electronic Integrated Circuit
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Lee D. Whetsel of Allen, Texas, has developed a tap with separate scan cell in series with instruction register. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit can have plural core circuits, each having a test access port that is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Device
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Osamu Mitomi, Masatsugu Oshima, Jun Okumura and Masataka Yamashita, all from Nagoya, Japan, and Takenori Ichigi of Konan, Japan, have developed an optical device included in a photonic network that utilizes a wavelength division multiplex method. According to ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Emotional Experience Exploring Interactive Toy
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Amy J. Donnan of Hibbing, Minn., has developed an educational, interactive toy that symbolically represents emotions through visual, kinesthetic, and linguistic means. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The toy includes a plurality of ...
Italian Inventors Develop Electric Radiant Hotplate
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Angelo Irrera and Roberto Sanson, both of San Vendemiano, Italy, Duilio Capraro of Conegliano, Italy, and Andrea Virzi of Treviso, Italy, have developed an electric heating element of the radiant type, as used in particular, although not solely, in electric cooking ...
French Inventor Develops Electrical Contact with Elastic Return
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Joseph Crestin of Vanves, France, has developed an electrical contact with elastic return and a process for forming electrical contact with elastic return. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical contact includes a conductive part ...
PREMIERE SHOWING OF CAVE LIFE DOCUMENTARY
Mar 05, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Hoosier National Forest - issued the following press release: The Hoosier National Forest is sponsoring the premiere showing of the documentary film, "Caves: Life Beneath the Forest," at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in ...
Ace G&M Co. of Texas Wins $26,161 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $26,161 contract to Ace G&M Co. of Texas Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas, for bolts. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
Truck & Motor Wins $52,700 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $52,700 contract to Truck & Motor Co., Lemoyne, Pa., for gasket sets. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
City Electric Supply Wins $26,964 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... RICHMOND, Va., March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $26,964 contract to City Electric Supply Co., Spring Lake, N.C., for wiremold covers. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va. For more ...
Dynamic Instruments Wins $49,520 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... RICHMOND, Va., March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $49,520 contract to Dynamic Instruments Inc., San Diego, for electronic tachometers. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va. For more ...
Carroll Automotive Wins $42,500 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $42,500 contract to Carroll Automotive, Walters, Okla., for manifold heater glow plugs. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For ...
MPB Wins $32,448 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... RICHMOND, Va., March 5 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $32,448 contract to MPB Corp., Lebanon, N.H., for cylindrical roller bearings. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va. For more ...
Fairbanks Morse Engine Wins $78,008 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 5 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $78,008 contract to Fairbanks Morse Engine, Norfolk, Va., for field engineering services for USNS Lenthall (T-AO 189). The contract was awarded by the Navy's Military Sealift Command, Virginia Beach, Va. For ...
MPC Products Wins $998,400 Contract
Mar 05, 2007 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., March 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $998,400 contract to MPC Products Corp., Skokie, Ill., for electrical motors. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For more information about US Fed News ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Copper Film Polishing Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Seiichi Kondo of Kokubunji, Japan, Masaaki Fujimori of Hatoyama, Japan, Noriyuki Sakuma of Hachioji, Japan, and Yoshio Homma of Hinode, Japan, have developed a polishing method for a copper film by chemical mechanical polishing. According to the U.S. Patent ...
German Inventors Develop Receiver Equalization Parameters Adjusting Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Ralf Dohmen of Bayern, Germany, Christoph Schulien of Altdorf bei Nuernberg, Germany, Herbert Haunstein of Dormitz, Germany, Achim Herzberger of Heroldsberg, Germany, Georg Roell of Postbauer-Heng, Germany, and Konrad Sticht of Eschenbach, Germany, have developed a ...
New Jersey, New York Inventors Develop Hang Tag with Swivel Attachment
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Michael Norman of East Brunswick, N.J., Chet Kolton of Westfield, N.J., and Robert Whittemore of Montgomery, N.Y., have developed a hang tag that provides for the accommodation of electronic article surveillance (EAS) marker. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Immunomodulatory Formulation
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Stephen Tuck and Dino Dina, both of Oakland, Calif., Gary Van Nest of Martinez, Calif., and Karen L. Fearon of Lafayette, Calif., have developed immunomodulatory formulations and methods for use thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Portable Computer Cooling System
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Ye-Yong Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, Harrison Ford Lee of Gunpo-si, South Korea, and Jin-Kwan Choi of Seongnam-si, South Korea, have developed a cooling system for a portable computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Etching Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Curtis L. Voss of Corvallis, Ore., has developed a method of etching with electrostatically attracted ions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique comprises directing a plasma having at least first and second gasses at a substrate ....
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Inflammatory Conditions Treatment Method
Mar 05, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- B. Lauren Charous of Fox Point, Wis., has developed a method for treating inflammatory conditions including pulmonary diseases states, such as asthma using anti-malarial agents via non-systemic administration. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...