US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, March 16:
Australian Inventor Develops Carbon-Containing Polymeric Material Processing Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Sergio Nusimovich of Nedlands, Australia, has developed a method for the processing of carbon-containing polymeric material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for the processing of carbon-containing ...
California Inventors Develop Centrifuge Adapter
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Patrick Q. Moore of Gilroy, Calif., and Christopher L. Stewart of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed an adapter for use with a centrifuge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Features of the adapter allow for less friction during extraction ...
Florida Inventor Develops Spinal Disc Annulus Reconstruction Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Joseph C. Cauthen of Gainesville, Fla., has developed a method for treating an intervertebral disc having an aperture in the annulus fibrosus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "surgical method of repair and ...
California Inventors Develop High Availability Computer Network
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Bill J. Zhou of Milpitas, Calif., and Richard L. Hammons of Hollister, Calif., have developed a reboot manager usable to change firmware in a high availability single processor system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 'high ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Heat Exchanger, Ventilator
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Hidemoto Arai, Kenzou Takahashi and Youichi Sugiyama, all from Tokyo, have developed a heat exchanger for realizing a high degree of humidity exchange efficiency at a low cost. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The heat exchanger in which ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information with Voice Inputs Acquiring Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Haru Ando of Kodaira, Japan, Yoshito Nejime of Koganei, Japan, and Junichi Matsuda of Higashimurayama, Japan, have developed a user interface using voice input and output means and an information processing system containing the user interface. According to ...
Australian Inventor Develops Engine Oil Pump
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- John Trease of Melbourne, Australia, has developed an oil pump for engine using gerotors with a fully filtered oil flow. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The oil pump has a cam support plate attached to the engine block. The support ...
California, Utah Inventors Develop Individuals Movement Control System
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Dan Pharo of Valencia, Calif., and Alex J. Humbree of Salt Lake City, has developed a personal placement and location control system for controlling movement of one or more individuals to a particular destination. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California, New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Particles Flow Control System
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Meng H. Lean of Santa Clara, Calif., Armin R. Volkel of Mountain View, Calif., John J. Ricciardelli of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Michael J. Savino of Tappan, N.Y., and Osman T. Polatkan of North Haledon, N.J., have developed various systems and techniques for stopping, ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Computed Tomography Imaging Systems
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Gregory A. Steinlage and Thomas D. Schaefer, both of Milwaukee, David E. Dean of Hartland, Wis., and Liqin Wang of Brookfield, Wis., have developed an anode assembly for a computed tomography system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Idaho Inventor Develops End Effectors with Contact Elements
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Gary O. Henderson of Meridian, Idaho, has developed a method for forming contact elements on an end effector to condition a polishing pad used in polishing micro-device workpieces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "End effectors, ...
California Inventor Develops Multi-Section Coupler Assembly
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Allen F. Podell of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a coupler assembly that may include first and second electromagnetic couplers connected together. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, the couplers may be connected in ...
German Inventors Develop Sound, Ultrasound Sensor
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Rolf Deserno of Maulburg, Germany, and Helmut Pfeiffer of Steinen, Germany, have developed a sound or ultrasound sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sound or ultrasound sensor having a radiation ...
California Inventors Develop Plasma Processing System Substrate Optimization Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Roger Patrick of Mountain View, Calif., Brett Richardson of San Ramon, Calif., and Norman Williams of Newark, Calif., have developed an arrangement for processing a semiconductor substrate in a plasma processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Surface Acoustic Wave Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Yasuo Ebata and Osamu Kawachi, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a surface acoustic wave apparatus that is configured to avoid destruction from static electricity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The surface acoustic wave apparatus ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Spark Plug with Ground Electrode
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Darren C. Downs of Northwood, Ohio, and Michael E. Garrett of Toledo, Ohio, have developed a spark plug with ground electrode with mechanically locked precious metal feature. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground electrode for a spark ...
Texas Inventors Develop Information Handling System Wake Mechanism
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Ricardo L. Martinez and Todd Martin, both of Austin, Texas, and Jim Walker of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed techniques for an improved wake mechanism of an information handling system (IHS) following a resume event. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors Develop Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Scott Lundahl of Lexington, Mass., Rebecca Kozodoy of Randolph, Mass., Ronald Carroll of Hingham, Mass., and Elton Leppelmeier of Highland Heights, Ohio, have developed an illuminator for photodynamic therapy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Multi-Opening Tool
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Sascha Kaposi of Tacoma, Wash., has developed an ornamental design for the multi-opening tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,119 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Progressive ...
Hong Kong, Chinese Inventors Develop Recording Device Operation Control Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Ko Chuk of Hong Kong, and Tu Tian Tian of Guang Dong, China, have developed an apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling operation ...
Australian Inventors Develop Printer with Two Uneven Printhead Module
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Simon Robert Walmsley,Richard Thomas Plunkett, John Robert Sheahan, Mark Jackson Pulver, Kia Silverbrook and Michael John Webb, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed a printer that comprise two uneven printhead modules and at least two printer controllers, one ...
California Inventors Develop Data Processing Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Youfeng Wu of Palo Alto, Calif., and Tin-Fook Ngai of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a data processing apparatus, a computer, an article that includes a machine-accessible medium, and a method of processing data. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Computer System Booting Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Cheng-Chih Wang and Meng-Chyi Wu, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a method for initiating a computer system through a memory card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The computer system includes a memory card reading device, a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Removable Bird Cup Feeder Assembly
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- A. Lee Wright of Oxford, Mich., has developed a removable bird cup feeder assembly that is comprised of a dish holder and a cup shaped dish. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dish holder has a slide rail, a vertical stop member, a ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Cat Litter Box
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- James R. Sage Jr. of Cyclone, Pa., has developed a cat litter box that includes a first litter box half with a first recess and a first lip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The litter box includes a second litter box half with a second ...
Australian Inventor Develops Printhead Fabrication Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a method of fabricating a plurality of nozzle arrangements for an inkjet printhead chip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a plurality of nozzle arrangements for ...
French Inventors Develop Fluid Treatment Module
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Nikolai Jitariouk of Paris, and Alain Le Moel of Chaville, France, have developed a fluid treatment module with hollow membranes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a hollow membrane comprising two support layers ...
German Inventor Develops Water Desalting Device
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Aloys Wobben of Aurich, Germany, has developed a method and a device for desalting water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a method and a device for desalting water by reverse osmosis, particularly for desalting ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device with Narrow Frame
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Hidekazu Kobayashi, Osamu Yokoyama and Yojiro Matsueda, all from Suwa, Japan, have developed a display device with a narrow frame. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An object of the present invention is ...
German Inventor Develops Incandescent Lamp
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Georg Rosenbauer of Wassertrudingen, Germany, has developed an incandescent lamp with a carbide-containing luminous element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The incandescent lamp is equipped with a luminous element which is hermetically ...
Indian Inventors Develop Exposure Calculation Method, Radiography System
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Naresh Mungilwar of Bangalore, India, has developed a method of calculating an exposure a patient receives during radiography. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of calculating an exposure a patient receives during radiography ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Flexography Ink Roller Unit
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Chih-Wang Chen of Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a flexography ink roller unit for a flexography machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "ink roller unit comprised of multiple ink rollers axially arrange ...
California Inventor Develops Electronic Appliances Retrofitting Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Talal G Shamoon of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed systems and methods for using an arbitrary fixed channel to carry third-party information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the present invention provides systems and ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Signals Initiation Transmission Non-Electric Detonator
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Ernest L. Gladden of Granby, Conn., have developed a detonator that has a constant-diameter shell which has a significantly higher shell length-to-diameter (outside diameter) ratio than prior art detonators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Chain Saw
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Adam Yates of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a chain saw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,123 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Black ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Sound Low-Frequency Coloration Actively Damping System
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Ahmad Reza Kashani of Dayton, Ohio, has developed systems and methods for influencing sound within an enclosure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for actively damping the low-frequency coloration of sound in a listening room is provided ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electromechanical Conversion Element Utilizing Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Tomoyuki Yuasa of Sakai, Japan, has developed a device and a method utilizing electromechanical conversion element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "provide a driving device, utilizing an electromechanical conversion ...
California Inventor Develops Communication System
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Raymond T. Hsu of San Diego has developed a method for sharing an authentication key between multiple wireless networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system generates a master session key (MSK) for accesses to a system ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Electronic Communications Encryption Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Stephen Laurence Boren and Andre Jacques Brisson, both of Vancouver, Canada, have developed a method of encryption using multi-key process to create a variable-length key. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In symmetric methods of ...
Leader Communications Wins $350 Million Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $350 million to Leader Communications Inc., Oklahoma City, for advisory and assistance services. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics ...
Hamilton Sundstrand Wins $25,952 Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $25,952 contract to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, Conn., for aircraft components and accessories. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, ...
Boeing Wins $5.46 Million Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $5.46 million contract to Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., for aircraft and airframe structural components. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air ...
CNI Aviation Wins $350 Million Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $350 million to CNI Aviation LLC, Oklahoma City, for advisory and assistance services. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, ...
HEBCO Wins $350 Million Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $350 million to HEBCO Inc., Oklahoma City, for advisory and assistance services. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker ...
Moog Wins $183,400 Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded an $183,400 contract to Moog Inc., East Aurora, N.Y., for aircraft components and accessories. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, ...
Virtual Technology Services Wins $350 Million Contract
Mar 16, 2007 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $350 million to Virtual Technology Services LLC, Oklahoma City, for advisory and assistance services. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Binary String Encrypting Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Rongzhen Yang, Zheng-Hua Zhou and Michael Zhang, all from Shanghai, China, have developed methods and apparatus for encrypting a binary string. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and apparatus described herein encrypt an ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Multiple Module Encryption Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 --Michael John Hill of Coppet, Switzerland, Marco Sasselli of Chardonne, Switzerland, and Christophe Nicolas of Preverenges, Switzerland, have developed a method of encryption and decryption carried out by at least three encryption/decryption modules arranged in ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Wideband Frequency Oscillation Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Kyeongho Lee, Joonbae Park, Jeong-Woo Lee and Seung-Wook Lee, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed an apparatus and a method of oscillating a wideband frequency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes: a frequency ...
Japanese Inventors Develop X-ray Radiographing Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Chika Honda, Akira Ishisaka and Hiromu Ohara, all from Hino, Japan, have developed an X-ray image radiographing method and radiographing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A X-ray image radiographing method of detecting a X-ray ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Electric Circular Saw
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Yuji Yamamoto and Toshiyuki Kani, both of Anjo, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a portable electric circular saw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D538,124 on March 13. The ...
New York Inventor Develops Motorboats Maneuverability Enhancement Device
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Constantine N. Colyvas of Southampton, Suffolk, N.Y., has developed a device for enhancing the maneuverability of a boat that is equipped with one or two inboard engines. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Predistorter
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Takashi Okazaki and Naoki Hongo, both of Tokyo, have developed a predistorter that compensates for a nonlinear distortion due to a memory effect caused in an amplifier. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A predistortion distortion signal ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Gap Measuring Apparatus
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Takahiro Matsumoto of Tochigi, Japan, has developed a method for adjusting gap between two objects and exposure method using the same, gap adjusting apparatus, and exposure apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Heater
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Glen W. Ediger of North Newton, Kan., and Matthew L. Rice of Derby, Kan., have developed an ornamental design for a heater, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D538,416 on March 13. The patent ...
Connecticut, Illinois Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- George W. Jeffrey of Cary, Ill., James Maki of McHenry, Ill., Peter Clarke of Fairfield, Conn., and John K. Clay of Milford, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Florida Inventor Develops Cover Plate Removal Tool
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Robert James DeRosa of Lighthouse Point, Fla., has developed cover plates, deck plates and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cover plate removal tool including an elongate solid unit having a hollow ...
New York, Connecticut Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Hand Shower
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Peter Shelton and Lee Mindel, both of New York, and Peter Sallick of Westport, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for a hand shower, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D538,394 on March ...
German Inventors Develop Pyromechanical Separating Element
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Uwe Brede of Fuerth, Germany, and Horst Lancht of Bruckmuhl, Germany, have developed a pyromechanical separating element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pyromechanical separating element having a hermetically ...
New York Inventors Develop Mooring Pole Line Attachment Device
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Dimitri J. Lemonides of Oceanside, N.Y., has developed a mooring pole line attachment device comprised of a buoyant base, cylindrical sleeve, the cylindrical sleeve having circumferential rings utilized for engagement of a line. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Organic Light Emitting Device Making Method
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Ye Tao of Ottawa has developed a photoresist mask/smoothing layer ensuring the field homogeneity and a better step-coverage in organic light emitting device (OLED) displays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an OLED is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Field Emission Type Display Device
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Susumu Sasaki, Tomoki Nakamura and Shigemi Hirasawa, all from Chiba, Japan, Yoshiyuki Kaneko of Hachioji, Japan, Toshifumi Ozaki of Mobara, Japan, and Yuuichi Kijima of Chosei, Japan, have developed display devices that are provided with an arrangement of electron ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Stencil Duplex Printer
Mar 16, 2007 ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Atsushi Ashikagaya of Miyagi, Japan, has developed a stencil duplex printer that is capable of switching between a simplex print mode and a duplex print mode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a duplex printer which is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Current Supply Circuit
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Katsuaki Isobe of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a current supply circuit, a ring oscillator, a nonvolatile semiconductor device and an electronic card and an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current supply circuit is ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hammer Drill
Mar 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 -- Hans-Peter Aglassinger of Esslingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a hammer drill with work piece holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,126 on March 13. The patent has ...