US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, March 19:
Japanese Inventor Develops Ophthalmologic Apparatus
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Satoru Okinishi of Tochigi, Japan, has developed an ophthalmologic apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photographic conditions of a plurality of retinal images photographed in one photographing routine are recorded in relation to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Capsule Endoscope Case
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Hidetake Segawa and Hirotoshi Amano, both of Tokyo, have developed an ornamental design for capsule endoscope case, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D538,439 on March 13. The patent has been ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Membrane Desiccation Heat Pump
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Amos Korin of Weston, Conn., has developed heat transfer arrangements that employes a membrane desiccation heat pump for both heating and cooling applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a system for pumping ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Zoom Lens
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Kazuhiro Inoko of Utsunomiya, Japan, has developed a zoom lens and an image projection apparatus with the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zoom lens comprises a plurality of lens units including a first lens unit disposed most ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Game Table
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Jeremy Tyson of Loganton, Pa., has developed an ornamental design for a game table, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,355 on March 13. The original application was filed on Aug. 29, 2005, ...
Washington Inventors Develop Object Transfer Mechanism for Computer System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Felix G. T. I. Andrew of Seattle, and Dominique Fortier of Snoqualmie, Wash., have developed systems, methods, and computer program products for selecting an appropriate transfer mechanism, from among a number of compatible transfer mechanisms, when transferring an ...
California Inventors Develop Universal Session Sharing Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Anthony C. Squier of Oakland, Calif., and Calvin J. Austin of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a method of sharing data related to a session created by a user within a domain of services. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Communication Network Multiple Test Access Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- William S Taylor of Duluth, Ga., has developed a method of providing multiple test access for test equipment in a communication network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method comprises the step of coupling test apparatus to a first ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Landscape Edging Block
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Joan Perotti of Hamburg, N.J., has developed an ornamental design for a landscape edging block, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,445 on March 13. The original application was filed on Jan ....
California Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Memory System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Bahman Qawami and Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, both of San Jose, Calif., and Robert C Chang of Danville, Calif., have developed a method of hybrid mapping implementation within a non-volatile memory system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Virginia, Maryland Inventors Develop Secure Computer Network Address Access Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Victor Larson of Fairfax, Va., Robert Durham Short III of Leesburg, Va., Michael Williamson of South Riding, Va., and Edmund Colby Munger of Crownsville, Md., have developed a method for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Printer Stamp
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Ernst Faber of Weis, Austria, has developed an ornamental design for a printer stamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,328 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Colop Stepelerzeugung ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Toner Cartridge
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Kazuhiro Hoshiya and Shinji Kojima, both of Nagoya, Japan, Yasutake Yamaguchi of Chiryu, Japan, and Yousuke Mase of Chita-gun, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for toner cartridge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
California Inventors Develop Electronic Mail Message Compressing Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Chris Koopmas of Menlo Park, Calif., Constantine Polychronopoulos of Mountain View, Calif., and Nicholas Stavrakos of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method for service-based compression of content within a network communication system. According to the ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Memory Compression Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- David A. Luick of Rochester, Minn., has developed compressed memory systems and methods that reduce problems of memory overflow and data loss. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression engine compresses blocks of data for storage in ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Machine lamp
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Gerhard Waldmann of Dauchingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for machine lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,451 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Herbert ...
British Inventor Develops Lanes Operations Control Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Sophie Wilson of Cambridge, Great Britain, has developed a system and a method for selectively controlling operations in lanes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for conditionally carrying out ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Education Toy Kit
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Anthony Rowe of Richmond, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for an education toy kit, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,346 on March 13. The original application was filed on ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Toner Supplying Cartridge
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Nobuo Nakajima of Kashiwa, Japan, Hiroaki Ohashi of Komae, Japan, and Kazuyoshi Sasae of Toride, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a toner supplying cartridge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
Michigan, Indiana Inventors Develop Bottom Freezer Refrigerator Ice Maker, Dispenser
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Jeffery J. Anselmino, Marcus R. Fischer, Tushar Kulkarni and Andrew M. Tenbarge, all from St. Joseph, Mich., and Frank W. Maglinger of Evansville, Ind., have developed an ice and water dispenser for a bottom freezer refrigerator that is positioned on a refrigerator ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Photo Compact Disc Index Page
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Judith M. Robertson of Hercules, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a photograph proof and photo compact disc index page, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,339 on March 13. The ...
California Inventor Develops Data Integrity Assurance Technique
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Nobuyuki Osaki of Campbell, Calif., has developed a method of assuring data integrity on storage volumes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assuring the integrity of stored data in a storage system is provided. At a specified ...
South African Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Game Apparatus
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Richard Harman of Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa, has developed an ornamental design for a game apparatus, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,354 on March 13. The patent has been ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Printer Ink Cartridge
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Hitoshi Matsumoto of Suwa, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for an ink cartridge for printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,338 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Defective Data Site Information Storing Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cyrille de Brebisson and Robin Alexis Takasugi, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a method of storing defective data site information for a storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of storing defective data site ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Persistent Data State Maintenance Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Jonathan Taylor and Christopher Lenz, both of Ridgefield, Conn., and Scott Nedderman of Monroe, Conn., have developed an apparatus, a system, and a method for the improved tracking of a data state. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Communication Network Denial-of-Service Attacks Mitigating Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Scott D'Souza and Paul Kierstead, both of Ottawa, have developed methods and an apparatus for mitigating denial of service attacks in a communications network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Frequency domain techniques such as Fourier ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pen Cap
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Jay S. Derman of Palos Verdes, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a pen using a tire valve-stem cap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,340 on March 13. The original application ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Data Management Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Michael D. Haynes and Dennis Duprey, both of Raleigh, N.C., David Haase of Fuquay Varina, N.C., and Somnath Gulve of Morrisville, N.C., have developed a system and a method related to copying and/or restoring data in a data storage environment and includes program ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Data Formation Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- William Frank Micka, Gail Andrea Spear, Robert Francis Bartfai, Sam Clark Werner, Thomas Charles Jarvis and Warren K. Stanley, all from Tucson, Ariz., have developed a method, a system, and a program for forming a consistency group of data. An abstract of the ...
California Inventors Develop Disk Array System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Christophe Therene of Livermore, Calif., Paul R. Stonelake of Santa Clara, Calif., Alex Ga Hing Tang of Fremont, Calif., and Richard L. Harris of San Jose, Calif., have developed a storage system with disk drive power-on-reset detection. According to the U.S ....
Singapore Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Printer
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Hock Lim Lee, Mylene Angele Kit Njoek Tjin Wong Joe, Lisa Mari Morizono and Baskar Parthasarathy, all from Singapore, have developed an ornamental design for a printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Local Area Network Relaying Apparatus
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Yoshiaki Numata of Miyagi, Japan, has developed an adaptive access control method and a local area network (LAN) relaying apparatus using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a LAN relaying apparatus, a reception side control ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Corner Coving
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Donald Paul Gardner of Hertfordshire, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for the corner coving, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,444 on March 13. The patent has been assigned ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Display System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Johan Spennare of Saltsjobaden, Sweden, has developed an ornamental design for a display system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,353 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Accenta ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Content Duplication Management System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Yuusaku Ohta of Neyagawa, Japan, Hiroki Yamauchi of Ibaraki, Japan, Masaya Miyazaki of Ikeda, Japan, Natsume Matsuzaki of Mino, Japan, and Toshihisa Abe of Izumisano, Japan, have developed a technology of managing duplication of contents in the use of the contents in ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Writing Instrument Clip
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Yukiko Oi of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a clip of writing instrument, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,345 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Tombow Pencil Co ....
New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Writing Instrument Clip
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Dominic D. Santa Maria of Gloversville, N.Y., and Margaret E. Enzien of Mechanicville, N.Y., have developed an ornamental design for a clip for a writing instrument, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cartridge
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cheng-Min Chang of Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a cartridge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,335 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Microjet ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bridge Calculator
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Marc Chase Weinstein of Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a bridge calculator, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,327 on March 13. The original application was filed ...
AUTHORS ED PAVLIC, REGINALD MCKNIGHT, BINYAVANGA WAINAINA TO GIVE READING
Mar 19, 2007 ... The University of Georgia issued the following press release: Authors Ed Pavlic, Reginald McKnight, and Binyavanga Wainaina will read from their work on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the ...
Army Report Relative to Review of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Palacios Point and Port O'Connor, Texas Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of the Army. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) has transmitted, pursuant to law, a report relative to the review ...
Homeland Security Rule on Drawbridge Operation Regulations at Miami Beach Channel, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Homeland Security Rule on Waters Surrounding M/V TONG CHENG, Hawaii Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
EPA Rule on National Priorities List Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to ...
Homeland Security Rule on Safety Zones Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Homeland Security Rule on Drawbridge Operations Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Homeland Security Rule on Mariner Licensing and Documentation Program Restructuring and Centralization Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Homeland Security Rule on Rates for Pilotage on Great Lakes Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Attorney Advisor at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ...
Homeland Security Rule on Regulated Navigation Area at Savannah River, Savannah, Ga. Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Homeland Security Rule on Drawbridge Operation Regulations Sent to Senate
Mar 19, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security. The Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law at USCG has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sight Glass
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Curtis Sprague of Johnson City, Tenn., has developed an ornamental design for a sight glass, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,320 on March 13. The patent has been assigned to Branham Corp., ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Processor-Based System Cache Memory
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Joseph Jeddeloh of Minneapolis has developed a memory system for use with a processor based system having a processor and a system memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system includes a processor, a system memory, and an ...
Texas Inventor Develops Cache Line Renaming Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Rodney Hooker of Austin, Texas, has developed a microprocessor apparatus that enables exclusive allocation and renaming a cache line. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes translation logic and execution logic. The ...
Texas Inventors Develop Data Caching Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- N. Isaac Rajkumar, Brett J. Larsen, Jamshid Afshar and Conleth O'Connell, all from Austin, Texas, Puhong You of Cedar Park, Texas, and David Dean Caldwell of Dripping Springs, Texas, have developed a method and a system for an extensible caching ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Magnifier, Pen
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Kun-Tsai Yeh of Tainan, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a combined magnifier and pen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,321 on March 13. The original application was filed on ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Multi-Remote Copy Storage System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Noboru Morishita of Yokohama, Japan, Toshio Nakano of Chigasaki, Japan, and Seiichi Higaki of Odawara, Japan, have developed a technique for duplicating data between storage systems without intervention of any host. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Memory System Buffer Control System
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Joseph M. Jeddeloh of Shoreview, Minn., has developed a memory controller and a method for managing the issuance of read and write requests to a system memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The number of outstanding read requests and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Task Switching Microprocessor
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Hideharu Takamuki of Tokyo has developed a microprocessor which enables task switching with a small time overhead. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a microprocessor which enables task switching with a small ...
Texas Inventors Develop Computer Network Input/Output Endpoints Sharing Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Christopher J. Pettey and Asif Khan, both of Cedar Park, Texas, Annette Pagan and Richard E. Pekkala, both of Austin, Texas, and Robert Haskell Utley of Round Rock, Texas, have developed an apparatus with a first plurality of input/output (I/O) ports, a second I/O ...
Italian Inventors Develop Reconfigurable Central Processing Unit
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Francesco Pappalardo of Paterno, Italy, and Agatino Pennisi of Nocera Inferiore, Italy, have developed a reconfigurable central processing unit (CPU) with second finite state machine control unit executing modifiable instructions. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Storage Apparatus Management Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Daisuke Shinohara and Takahiro Fujita, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Yasunori Kaneda of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a management computer and a method of managing data storage apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a computer ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Two Spool Gas Turbine Engine Speed Starting, Control Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Ray M. McGinley of Fountain Hills, Ariz., and Alan B. Luebs of Phoenix, have developed a method for starting and controlling the speed of a two spool gas turbine engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Two spool gas turbine engines are ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Web Site System Communication Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Andrea Waxler of Andover, Mass., has developed a method and an apparatus for work sharing and communicating in a service oriented industry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A web site system that includes a communication component and a ...
California Inventors Develop Web Page Transmission Method
Mar 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Stephane Kasriel of Mountain View, Calif., and Walter Mann of San Francisco, have developed a method of efficient compression using differential caching. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A technique for ...