US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, March 12:
German Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Luc de Ambroggia of Dresden, Germany, and Francesco Maria Brani of Milan, Germany, have developed a method for writing data into a non-volatile semiconductor memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data is written into a non-volatile ...
Texas Inventors Develop Discrete Multi-Tone Modulated Signal Transmitting Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Wallace R. Gardner of Houston, and Vimal V. Shah of Sugar Land, Texas, have developed a transmitting and receiving a discrete multi-tone modulated telemetry signal propagated in a fluid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Four Prong Weed Remover
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Davis V. Yates of Lakeland, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a four prong weed remover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,686 on March 6. The original application was filed on ...
Idaho, Washington Inventors Develop Magnetic Element with Unique Shape
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Mun-Hyoun Park and Sung-Hoon Gee, both of Moscow, Idaho, and Yang-Ki Hong of Pullman, Wash., have developed magnetic elements with unique shapes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, the magnetic element defines an outer ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Motor Drive with Velocity Noise Filter
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Thomas J. Rehm of Mequon, Wis., has developed a motor drive implementing a velocity noise filter to reduce noise susceptibility. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for controlling a motor includes a position feedback device and ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Clock Signal Circuit
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Moty Mehalel of Haifa, Israel, has developed a circuit that varies the delay time of a clock signal in response to a frequency of the clock signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The circuit may include a sensor and a delay circuit. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Storage Device
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Hiroshi Iwata of Ikoma-gun, Japan, and Akihide Shibata of Nara, Japan, have developed a semiconductor storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Multiple Elongated Element Spool
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Rik Mullebrouck of Rekkem, Belgium, Luc Sabbe of Deerlijk, Belgium, and Stijn Vanneste of Ingelmunster, Belgium, have developed a spool filled with multiple elongated elements wound closely together. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Laser Microscope
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Daisuke Nishiwaki and Eiji Nakasyo, both of Hino, Japan, have developed a laser microscope that allows alternate or simultaneous application of laser scanning microscopy and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Idaho, California Inventors Develop Magnetic Memory
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Judy Bloomquist and Darrel R. Bloomquist, both of Meridian, Idaho, Thomas C. Anthony of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Manoj K. Bhattacharyya of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a magnetic memory with structure providing reduced coercivity. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Storage Data Reading Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Yan Li of Milpitas, Calif., and Jian Chen of San Jose, Calif., have developed a read operation for non-volatile storage that includes compensation for coupling. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Power Converter
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Hiroshi Nakayama of Nishikamo-gun, Japan, has developed a power converter having the function of detecting an insulation resistance, and further relates to a vehicle equipped with the power converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Indolone Oxazolidinones
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Toni-Jo Poel of Pinckney, Mich., has developed antibacterial agents of formula I and intermediates for their preparation, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,012,089 on March 14, 2006. The patent has ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for In-Vehicle Charger
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Paul Navarrez of Glendale, Calif., and Ahmed Abdallah of Palmdale, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for an in-vehicle charger, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,776 on March ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Transmission Screen Manufacture Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Nobuo Shimizu of Suwa, Japan, has developed a method of manufacturing a screen member for a transmission screen. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screen member for a transmission screen is manufactured by a method including the steps: ...
British Inventor Develops Roadside Traffic Monitoring System Accuracy Assessing Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Michael John Dalgleish of Bicester, Great Britain, has developed an apparatus for assessing the accuracy of a roadside traffic monitoring station. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assessing the accuracy of a roadside traffic ...
Swiss, French Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Serguei Okhonin and Michel Bron, both of Lausanne, Switzerland, Eric Carman of Cernex, France, and Richard Ferrant of Esquibien, France, have developed a semiconductor memory device and a method of operating same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventors Develop Glaucoma Treating Pyranoindoles
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Jesse A. May and Hwang-Hsing Chen, both of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed substituted pyranoindoles that is useful for lowering and controlling intraocular pressure and glaucoma, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued ...
California Inventors Develop Flash Memory Erase Verification System
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Hok Wong of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Fabiano Fontana of San Jose, Calif., have developed a flash memory erase verification systems and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide improved ...
New Mexico, Utah Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Ferromagnetic Memory
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Richard M. Lienau of Pecos, N.M., and James Craig Stephenson of Salt Lake City, have developed a non-volatile ferromagnetic memory with sensor circuitry shared with its state change circuitry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Comparator with Hysteresis
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Kok-Soon Yeo, Lian-Chun Xu, Chee-Keong Teo, John Julius de Leon Asuncion and Wai-Keat Tai, all from Singapore, have developed a comparator with hysteresis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a comparator is provided with ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ice Fishing Apparatus
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Scott J. Schoenecker and Wayne A. Meyer, both of Richmond, Minn., have developed an ice fishing apparatus that includes a housing that includes a peripheral wall with an upper edge and a lower edge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Stapler Hand Portion
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Michael Kent of Cumberland, R.I., and William D. Hester of Meriden, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for stapler hand portion, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,688 on March ...
New York, California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Can, Bottle Opener
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Jurgen Parlowski of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Troy Schuler of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for can and bottle opener, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,687 on March ...
California Inventor Develops Respiratory Tract Inflammation Inhalable Inhibitors
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Mark Zamoyski of San Jose, Calif., has developed a method of attenuating an immune system mediated inflammatory response in the respiratory tract of humans or non-human animals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sesquiterpene epoxide ...
Washington Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Shrimp Deveiner
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- David A. Holcomb, Jason O. Germany and John R. Prins, all from Seattle, have developed an ornamental design for a shrimp deveiner, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D537,685 on March 6. The ...
German Inventor Develops Repeater Weapon Breech
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Sergej Popikow of Weitnau, Germany, has developed a bolt assembly positionable in a receiver of a repeater rifle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breech of a repeater weapon has a bolt assembly, which is guided so that it can rotate ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Erroneous Operation Preventing Circuit
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Katsumi Fukumoto of Nara, Japan, has developed an erroneous operation preventing circuit of non-volatile memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An erroneous operation preventing circuit of an electrically rewritable non-volatile ...
FOREST SERVICE BEGINS PRESCRIBED FIRE ACTIVITY
Mar 12, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Cleveland National Forest - issued the following press release: The Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest will conduct prescribed burning from March 2007 through May 2007, if weather and fuel moisture ...
Austrian Inventors Develop Slurry Granulating Device
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Christoph Aichinger of Rottenegg, Austria, Alfred Aigner of Waldhausen, Austria, Guenter Schrey of Linz, Austria, and Stefan Zettl of Munich, Germany, have developed a method and a device for granulating slurry and/or powdered material. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vehicle Interior Lining Portion
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Yuichi Yamazaki of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Jamie Klopp of Hermosa Beach, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a portion of a vehicle interior lining, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Kentucky, Tennessee Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bowling Ball Carrier
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Randall R. Teitloff of Paducah, Ky., and Edward F. Gallagher of Clarksville, Tenn., has developed an ornamental design for a bowling ball carrier, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,628 on March ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Gathered Bag
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Maximino Vazquez of New York has developed an ornamental design for a gathered bag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,627 on March 6. The original application was filed on March 13, 2006, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops License Plate Holding Bracket
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Akihiro Tsuchizaki of Gunma, Japan, has developed a license plate holding bracket and the holding structure thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "license plate holding bracket attached to a tailgate which is ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Semiconductor Package Manufacturing Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- David Jon Hiner and Ronald Patrick Huemoeller, both of Chandler, Ariz., and Sukianto Rusli of Phoenix, have developed a semiconductor package having top-surface grid array terminals for mounting another semiconductor package. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fishing Rod Sleeve
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Christopher Murray of Charlottesville, Va., has developed an ornamental design for fishing rod sleeve, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,629 on March 6. The patent has been assigned to ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Handbag
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Nicholas Ghesquiere of New York has developed an ornamental design for a handbag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,626 on March 6. The original application was filed on March 3, 2006, and ...
California Inventor Develops Polished Fingernail Display Device
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Shahnaz Mir Brown of Del Mar, Calif., has developed a fingernail holder for fingernail polish bottle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "product and method for the display of fingernail polish dried on an ...
Florida Inventors Develop Spill-resistant Material Processor
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- John Oliver and Augusto Picozza, both of Boca Raton, Fla., have developed a spill-resistant material milling processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spill-resistant material processor includes a vessel having an opening with a ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Windshield Wiper
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- George Parker Duvall Jr. of Rineyville, Ky., has developed an ornamental design for a 'windshield wiper,' the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,769 on March 6. The original application was filed ...
California Inventor Develops Communication Switch Operation Control Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Meenaradchagan Vishnu of Petaluma, Calif., has developed a method of controlling operation of a communication switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor is programmed to reduce a problem of adding a new connection to a ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Liquids Heating Device
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Simon Kaastra of Dinxperlo, Netherlands, has developed a device for heating liquids and an assembly for use in such a device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for heating liquids, comprising: a first ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Hinge Assembly for Portable Computer
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Jun-Hong Kim of Hwaseong, South Korea, has developed a hinge assembly, a portable computer with the same and methods thereof can include a latching function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hinge assembly includes a latching ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wheel Cap
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Robert Roy McMath of Riverside, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a wheel cap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,768 on March 6. The original application was filed on Sept. 7, ...
Norwegian Inventor Develops Clock-Independent Power-on-Reset Circuit
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Alf Olsen of Oslo, Norway, has developed a clock-independent power-on-reset circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing a clock-independent reset signal based on supply voltage threshold levels is ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Microscope Container
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Su-Min Kung of Shijr, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a microscope container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,631 on March 6. The patent has been assigned to Hunter Optical ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Hydraulic Actuated Components Controlling System
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- James A. Kime of Columbus, Ohio, has developed a system for controlling the hydraulic actuated components of a truck. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system for controlling the hydraulically actuated components, ...
New York Inventors Develop Circuitized Substrate Making Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Frank D. Egitto of Binghamton, N.Y., Kevin T. Knadle of Endicott, N.Y., and Andrew M. Seman of Kirkwood, N.Y., have developed a method of making the circuitized substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The circuitized substrate ...
California Inventor Develops Capacitor Making Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Francis Edward Hawe of Santa Clara, Calif., has developed a structure and a method for reducing the equivalent series resistance of a capacitor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor includes one or more conductive interconnections ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Picture Recording Apparatus
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Akio Saito of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a recording apparatus, a picture recording apparatus, and a method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video signals input from a video input/output section are sequentially recorded on ...
California Inventors Develop Memory Clock Slowdown Circuit
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Jonah M. Alben of San Jose, Calif., Sean Jeffrey Treichler of Mountain View, Calif., and Adam E. Levinthal of Redwood City, Calif., have developed circuits, methods, and an apparatus for slowing clock circuits on a graphics processor integrated circuit in order to ...
Alabama Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Arm Band Cell-Phone Carrier
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Lola M. Dennis and Johnny J. Tyson, both of Luverne, Ala., has developed an ornamental design for an arm band cell-phone carrier, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D537,623 on March 6. The ...
California Inventor Develops Micro-Optics Solar Concentrator
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Mario Rabinowitz of Redwood City, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for induced dipole alignment of solar concentrator micro-mirrors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel method and apparatus are taught for coupling to, ...
Oregon, Washington Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Reader
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- John D. Hyde of Corvallis, Ore., and Christopher J. Diorio of Shoreline, Wash., have developed radio frequency identification (RFID) readers exchange information with RFID tags. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The information is encoded ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Tag Interacting System
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Joseph White of Woodbine, Md., and Theodore Hockey of Mount Airy, Md., have developed a system for interacting with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses for a RFID ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Farm Product Un-baling System
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- T. Whipple Simpson of Cochran, Ga., has developed a method for un-bailing substantially rectangular bales of farm products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "un-baling system for transforming substantially ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Print Media Orientation Detection Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Keith Bryan Hardin, Mark Stephen Underwood and Terry Lee Wells, all from Lexington, Ky., and Chris Anthony Burdette of Richmond, Ky., have developed an apparatus and methods of detecting print media orientation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Flexible Current-Mode Driver
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Newton E. Ball of Anaheim, Calif., has developed an efficient and flexible current-mode driver that delivers power to one or more light sources in a backlight system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An efficient and flexible current-mode ...
New York Inventors Develop Solenoid Actuator
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- James P. Henry and Peter R. Wendt, both of Fairport, N.Y., Gary J. DeAngelis of Spencerport, N.Y., and Kevn J. Allen of Avon, N.Y., have developed solenoid actuators for engine fuel injectors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Multipolar Feedthrough Assembly
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Rajesh V. Iyer of Eden Prairie, Minn., Daniel J. Koch of Lakeville, Minn., and Shawn D. Knowles of St. Francis, Minn., have developed a feedthrough assembly for guiding a plurality of terminal pins through the housing of an implantable medical ...
California, Minnesota Inventors Develop Magnetic Memory Providing System
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Lien-Chang Wang and Zhitao Diao, both of Fremont, Calif., and Yunfei Ding of St. Paul, Minn., have developed a method and a system for providing current balanced writing for memory cells and magnetic devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Boards Connection Method
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Takashi Ohta, Kazuaki Yamada and Kiyoshi Tsujii, all from Hyogo, Japan, and Hidekazu Manabe of Aichi, Japan, have developed a method for connecting printed circuit boards, which are disposed in a stacked manner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Lens Control Apparatus
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Hiroto Okawara of Toride, Japan, has developed a lens control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a lens control apparatus for detecting a magnification lens position and a focus compensation lens and controlling a focus ...
Florida Inventor Develops Mobile Pressure Washer Wand Support
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Harold D.Davidson of Melbourne, Fla., has developed an apparatus for a mobile support device for a pressure washer wand. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "mobile pressure washer wand support with a dolly-like ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board Layout
Mar 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Stephen Willard and Philip N King, both of Fort Collins, Colo., have developed a method for making electrical connections to an element on printed circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a ...