US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, March 6:
California Inventors Develop Microelectronic Non Volatile Memory Cell Forming Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Steven R. Soss of San Jose, Calif., and Krishna Parat of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method of forming a microelectronic non-volatile memory cell, a memory cell formed according to the method, and a system including the memory cell. According to the ...
Connecticut, New York Inventors Develop Public Network Privacy Providing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami of Wilton, Conn., and Mandayam Thondanur Raghunath of Fishkill, N.Y., have developed a method and a system for privacy in public networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (and system) for providing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Device Under Test Data Analyzing Measurement Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Koji Ishizuka of Tokyo has developed a method for analyzing measurement data of device under test, a program, a measurement data analyzing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "operating environment of a ...
German Inventors Develop Multipurpose Drip Iron
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Klaus Maier and Reinhard Ahlers, both of Offenbach, Germany, and Volkmar Uebele of Bad Nauheim, Germany, have developed a steam pressing irons in which water provided by a reservoir is vaporized in a quasi-instantaneous manner in a steam chamber. According to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tone Wheel Magnetizing Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Masanori Tomioka of Okayama, Japan, has developed a magnetizing apparatus for tone wheel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "magnetizing apparatus for tone wheel, comprising a ring-like magnetizing yoke provided ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Structurally Independent Load Bearing Support System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- William Taylor of Linden, N.J., has developed a structurally independent load bearing support system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "structurally independent load bearing support system for use in a cargo ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Books Adhesive Binding Pressing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Lauri Huotari, Henri Huotari and Markku Siikamaki, all from Espoo, Finland, Peter Archer, Lisakki Huotari, and Jaakko Huotari, all from Helsinki, Finland, have developed a method and device for additional pressing during a page nipping event in the adhesive binding of ...
California Inventor Develops Light Emitting Diode Sign Lighting System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- William Y. Ahmadi of Van Nuys, Calif., has developed a light emitting diode (LED) sign visibility enhancing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system for a sign consists of a bracket to be attached to the top of a flat ...
California Inventors Develop Liquid Metal Switch
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Timothy Beerling of San Francisco has developed a liquid metal switch employing an electrically isolated control element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch comprises a first switch element configured to actuate by electrowetting, ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Embedded Heat Spreader
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Pete D. Vogt of Boulder, Colo., has developed an embedded heat spreader. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embedded heat spreader includes a semiconductor die, an elastomer layer attached to the die, a tape lead attached to the ...
California Inventor Develops Electronic Signature Obtaining Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Andrew B. Philips of San Francisco has developed a method and an apparatus for obtaining an electronic signature from a browser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for obtaining an ...
California Inventor Develops Clothes Ironing Iron
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Dorothy Hackethal of Rialto, Calif., has developed an iron for use while ironing clothes and other fabrics. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The iron is a standard iron with a light attached to the front end of the iron, with the light ...
German Inventors Develop Clothing Cuff Fastening Device
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Joachim Damrath of Bachhagel, Germany, Klaus Grunert of Berlin, Axel Michelmann of Gross-Gerau, Germany, Peter Nober of Rommersheim, Germany, Markus Spielmannleitner of Ellwangen, Germany, and Gerhard Wetzl of Sontheim, Germany, have developed a fastening device for ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Nonvolatile Memory Device Fabrication Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Tae-Kwang Yoo of Yongin-shi, South Korea, and Jeong-Uk Han of Suwon, South Korea, have developed a method of fabricating a nonvolatile memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonvolatile memory devices and methods for fabricating the same ...
German Inventor Develops Electronic Device Unauthorized Use Prevention Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Artur Valentin of Bobingen, Germany, has developed a method for the provision of an individual device code for an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for the provision of a device code for ...
Texas Inventors Develop Buoyant Pool Chair
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Robert S. Scheurer and Michael L. Perry, both of Wichita Falls, Texas, have developed a buoyant pool chair with sealed frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buoyant pool chair supports a swimmer in an upright, semi-reclining or sitting ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Trim Cap Forming Stock Material
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Rodney R. Lewis of St. Paul, Minn., has developed stock material for forming trim caps. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trim cap for a sign cabinet such as a channel letter includes an elongated formable band along with a pressure ...
REPORT EXAMINES STRUCTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OF SMALL FIRM WORKERS
Mar 06, 2007 ... The Small Business Administration issued the following statement: A report issued today by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration examines structural factors affecting health care coverage of small firm workers. Unlike most previous efforts of analysis, the ...
Northrop Grumman Wins $1.35 Million Contract
Mar 06, 2007 ... PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 6 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $1.35 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, for research and development work. The contract was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. For more information about US Fed News ...
Sikorsky Aircraft Wins $138.54 Million Contract
Mar 06, 2007 ... PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 6 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $138.54 million contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., for aircraft and structural components. The contract was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. For more ...
British Inventor Develops Variable Stator Vane Actuating Levers
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Alan L Selby of Denby, Great Britain, has developed a variable stator vane actuating lever for use in a compressor of a gas turbine engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lever comprises a first end for pivotal connection to a stator ...
Oregon, Washington Inventors Develop Fingerprint Data Obtaining Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Geoffrey B. Rhoads of West Linn, Ore., and Kenneth L. Levy of Stevenson, Wash., have developed content identifiers triggering corresponding responses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fingerprint data derived from audio or other content is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Picture Coding Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kiyofumi Abe of Kadoma, Japan, Shinya Kadono of Nishinomiya, Japan, Satoshi Kondo of Yawata, Japan, and Makoto Hagai of Moriguchi, Japan, have developed a picture coding method and a picture decoding method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Ponds Sludge Removal Harvester
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Larry P. Sower of Albany, Mo., has developed a sludge harvester for removing sludge from sludge ponds. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sludge harvester for removing a concentrated nutrient sludge from a sludge pond includes a frame, one ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Video Decoding Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Noboru Yamaguchi of Yashio, Japan, Toshiaki Watanabe of Yokohama, Japan, Takashi Ida of Kawasaki, Japan, and Takaaki Kuratate of Kobe, Japan, have developed a video coding and video decoding apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Video Local Features Detection Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Katsuto Sakamoto, Junichi Hatooka and Yoshinobu Hagihara, all from Yokohama, Japan, Hirokazu Amemiya and Mitsuteru Omata, both of Ebina, Japan, and Toshihide Saga of Kamakura, Japan, have developed a method and an apparatus for detecting local features of video, and a ...
California Inventors Develop Watermark Data Writing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Earl Levine of Palo Alto, Calif., and Philip R. Wiser of San Francisco, have developed a server-side watermark data writing method and an apparatus for digital signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digitized signal is published with ...
Florida Inventor Develops Footwear with Black Light Emitting Diode
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Rudy Guzman of Coral Springs, Fla., has developed a shoe with one or more black light emitting diode (LEDs) that is operative to direct ultraviolet light over one or more designs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is directed ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Footwear with Flex Control Member Sole
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Perry Auger of Tigard, Ore., Troy Lindner of St. Michael, Ore., and Peter A. Hudson of Portland, Ore., have developed an article of footwear having a sole with a flex control member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear ...
California Inventors Develop Stereoscopic Video System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Lenny Lipton of Greenbrae, Calif., and Jeffrey James Halnon of Richmond, Calif., have developed a stereoscopic video system with a graphics controller providing video output to a monitor and a user observing the monitor through a selection device. According to ...
California Inventor Develops Antennas Mounting Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jan B. Wensink of Lake Elsinore, Calif., has developed a mounting apparatus for remotely adjusting the tilt and heading of cell antennas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antenna tilt is provided by the cooperation of a hinged lower tilt ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Temperature Compensation Circuit
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kuo-Hsiang Chen and Jason Chen, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Chun-Ku Lin of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, have developed a temperature compensation circuit. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The temperature ...
California Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Memory Cell Making Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Dana Lee of Santa Clara, Calif., and Bomy Chen of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a method of making an isolation-less, contact-less array of bi-directional read/program non-volatile memory cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each memory ...
German Inventors Develop Shoe with Optimal Mass Distribution System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Roland G. Seydel of Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Wolfgang Scholz of Lonnerstadt, Germany, have developed a shoe with additional weight added thereto to modify a performance characteristic thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Multilayer Ceramic Circuit Board
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Joseph Mazzochette of Cherry Hill, N.J., Ellen Schwartz Tormey of Princeton Junction, N.J., and Barry Jay Thaler of Lawrenceville, N.J., have developed a method and a structure for enhanced temperature control of power components mounted in or on multilayer ceramic ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Frame Processing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Li-Yi Chen of Nantou, Taiwan, has developed a method for frame processing in a liquid crystal display panel and an apparatus therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of frame processing which includes ...
California Inventors Develop Dynamic Random Access Memory
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Winston Lee of Palo Alto, Calif., Peter Lee of Fremont, Calif., and Sehat Sutardja of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a dynamic random access memory unit that includes pluralities of bit line pairs and word lines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Italian Inventors Develop Centrifugal Pump with Improved Impeller
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Ugo Favret of Casarsa, Italy, and Silvano Cimetta of Treviso, Italy, have developed a centrifugal pump with an improved impeller, in particular a drain pump for clothes washing machines, clothes driers and similar appliances. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Images Encoding Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Yuichiro Nakaya of Suginami-ku, Japan, has developed a method of encoding and decoding method and an apparatus that uses plus and/or minus rounding of images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method is utilized to obtain ...
German Inventors Develop Sliding Roof System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Rainer Grimm and Horst Boehm, both of Frankfurt, Germany, Thomas Becher of Rodgau, Germany, Joachim Roeder of Muehlheim, Germany, have developed a sliding roof system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding roof system includes at ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Integrated Heat Spreader
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Mukul P. Renavikar and Susheel G. Jadhav, both of Chandler, Ariz., have developed an integrated heat spreader with intermetallic layer and a method for making. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated heat spreader and die coupled with solder ...
Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Wins $930,000 Contract
Mar 06, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 6 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $930,000 contract to Advanced Manufacturing Solutions LLC, Milwaukee, for laser cutters. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...
Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Wins $989,990 Contract
Mar 06, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 6 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $989,990 contract to Advanced Manufacturing Solutions LLC, Milwaukee, for laser cutters. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...
General Dynamics Land Systems Wins $137,095 Contract
Mar 06, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 6 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $137,095 contract to General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., for logistics support services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For ...
NORTH KOREA: BORDER-CROSSERS HARSHLY PUNISHED ON RETURN
Mar 06, 2007 ... Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: In an ominous hardening of policy, North Korea appears to be punishing its citizens with longer sentences in abusive prisons if they are caught crossing the border to China or have been forcibly repatriated by Beijing, Human Rights ...
AFGHANISTAN: U.S. SHOULD INVESTIGATE CIVILIAN DEATHS
Mar 06, 2007 ... Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The United States should abide by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for immediate investigations into US military operations on March 4 and 5 that resulted in high loss of civilian life, Human Rights Watch said today. On ...
Washington, Oregon Inventors Develop Power Grid Control System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Bradley R. Williams of Brush Prairie, Wash., and Timothy David John Hennessy of Portland, Ore., have developed a self-healing power grid control system that includes a power grid with a plurality of network islands with a plurality of linear and non-linear ...
German Inventors Develop Wheel Spinner Assembly
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Michael Rivers Jr. of Bear, Germany, and Marc C. Mathis of Newark, Germany, have developed a free spinning rim for motorcycles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A free spinning rim assembly is provided which is mountable to a first and ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Adaptive, Sensorless Rotor Position Sensing Device
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Cristian E.Anghel and Nicolae Morcov, both of Mississauga, Canada, and Rocco DiVito of Etobicoke, Canada, have developed an adaptive, sensorless position sensing apparatus that derives rotor position of a synchronous machine. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Australian Inventor Develops Image Compression Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Gregg Richard Kelly of Liberty Grove, Australia, has developed a method and an apparatus for compressing an image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The image is provided as one or more runs of pixels on a scanline basis. The runs of pixels ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Processor Controlled Embedded Device
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jonathan Edward Bosley, Aaron Lyle Herring and Daniel Scott Moore, all from Tucson, Ariz., have developed a distributed nodal system with a source computer processor node storing program code for target node(s). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Apparatus
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Takashi Sakamoto and Ryoko Saitoh, both of Ebina, Japan, and Masanori Sekino of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an image processing apparatus for reducing coding load. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus changes ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Soybean Cultivar 02022323
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- William H. Eby of Panora, Iowa, has developed a novel soybean cultivar, designated 02022323. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02022323, to the plants of soybean 02022323 and to methods ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Light Emitting Device Manufacturing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Satoshi Murakami of Atsugi, Japan, and Masayuki Sakakura of Ebina, Japan, have developed a method for manufacturing a light emitting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to provide a method for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Card Case
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Yuuki Tomoeda, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tatsuyuki Matsushita, Kentaro Umesawa and Hideyuki Miyake, all from Yokohama, Japan, and Hideo Shimizu and Kenji Kojima, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a integrated circuit (IC)- card service period setting method. An ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Quick Fastening Wheel Weight System
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Scott Thomas of Newburgh, Ind., and Andrew J. Zirkelbach of Evansville, Ind., have developed a quick fastening wheel weight system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one form, the present system includes a post mounted to a wheel, a ...
New York Inventor Develops Binary Data Compression Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Edward Lasar Aronov of Bronx, N.Y., has developed a method of compression of binary data with a random number generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "dictionary based accelerated method of lossless ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Spatial Light Modulator Fabrication Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Xiao Yang of Cupertino, Calif., has developed a method of fabricating an integrated spatial light modulator with contact structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes providing a first substrate having a bonding surface, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Crosspoint-Type Ferroelectric Memory
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kazumasa Hasegawa of Fujimi-machi, Japan, and Hiroyuki Aizawa of Shiojiri, Japan, have developed a crosspoint-type ferroelectric memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crosspoint-type ferroelectric memory is provided. In the ...
Texas Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Formation Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Rajesh A. Rao and Robert F. Steimle, both of Austin, Texas, have developed a method of forming an integrated circuit having nanocluster devices and non-nanocluster devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit is formed ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Spatial Light Modulator Resolution Increasing Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Lawson A. Wood of Arlington, Va., has developed a method for increasing the resolution of a spatial light modulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for increasing the native resolution of a spatial light modulator, the ...
New York, Ohio Inventors Develop Turbine Assemblies Hot Gas Path Components
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Ronald Scott Bunker of Niskayuna, N.Y., and Ching-Pang Lee of Cincinnati, have developed a hot gas path component with mesh and an impingement cooling. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component includes at least one wall having an inner portion ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Pattern Matching Method
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hagit Hel-Or and Yacov Hel-Or, both of Zikhron Yacov, Israel, have developed a method of pattern matching that uses projection kernels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pattern matching apparatus for comparing signal samples with a pattern ...
New Mexico Inventor Develops Triple Inverter Pierce Oscillator Circuit
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kurt O. Wessendorf of Albuquerque, N.M., has developed a triple inverter pierce oscillator circuit that is suitable for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillator circuit is disclosed ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Roll Bar Equipped Vehicles Sun Shade
Mar 06, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Larry G.Kamerer of Floyds Knobs, Ind., has developed a removable and adjustable sun shade for roll bar equipped vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sun shade which can be removed or installed without tools ...