US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, March 21:
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Earplug
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Marc L. Doty of Brownsburg, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for an earplug with integral handle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D538,924 on March 20. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops High Speed Synchronous Semiconductor Memory Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hiroshi Mizuhashi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a high speed synchronous semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronous semiconductor memory device has a read data bus for transferring data from a memory ...
Swiss, Swedish Inventors Develop Delayed Memory Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Jan Otto Solem of Stetten, Switzerland, and Per Ola Kimblad of Lund, Sweden, have developed a medical device and a method for providing a change of shape in a part of the body of an organism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device is ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Computer System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Peter R. Munguia and Edward Butler, both of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory device, coupled to the CPU. The ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Mitral Insufficiency Treatment Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Jan O Solem of Stetten, Switzerland, Per O Kimblad of Lund, Switzerland, Erwin Berger of Stettfurt, Switzerland, and Michael Schwager of Winterthur, Switzerland, have developed a method and a device for treatment of mitral insufficiency. According to the U.S ....
South Carolina Inventor Develops High Strength Crystalline Copolymer
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Shalaby W. Shalaby of Anderson, S.C., has developed a high strength fibers of l-lactide copolymers, epsilon-caprolactone and a trimethylene carbonate and absorbable medical constructs thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Aortic Artery Aneurysm Endovascular Prosthesis
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- John E. Sherry of Needham, Mass., has developed a tubular prosthesis that includes a tubular member and an outer covering sealed to portions of the tubular member with a pocket being defined therebetween. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Semiconductor Structure Making Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Krishnaswamy Ramkumar of San Jose, Calif., and harmin Sadoughi of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a semiconductor structure with alignment marks with shallow trench isolation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor structure ...
Indian Inventors Develop Quantizer Circuit
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Preetam Charan Anand Tadeparthy and Jomy G Joy, both of Bangalore, India, have developed a quantizer generating a first bit, a second bit and a third bit respectively indicating whether an input signal has a strength greater than a first strength, a second strength ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Antenna Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Shin Watanabe of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a method and a program for controlling directivity of the antenna device, and communications apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an antenna device ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Cable Antenna Assembly
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Huang Hsin Liu of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed a cable antenna assembly with slots in grounding sleeve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable antenna assembly connecting with an electronic device via a connector includes a connecting ...
French Inventors Develop Printing Information Remotely Download Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Patrice Noailles of Paris, and Bernard Prost of Chaintre, France, have developed a method for remotely downloading information for printing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method for diffusing data contained in ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Septal Occlusion Self Centering Closure Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Michael P. Corcoran of Woodbury, Minn., and Joseph A. Marino of Apple Valley, Minn., have developed an occluder with a plurality of flexible rings that comprise a self centering mechanism to keep the occluder properly centered in a defect. According to the ...
British Inventors Develop Phones Display Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Simon Peter Valentine and Russell Kennett Bulmer, both of Hemel Hempstead, Great Britain, Christopher Robert Linzell of St. Albans, Great Britain, and Lee Anthony Walker of Watford, Great Britain, have developed a method of display of phones on a map of a ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Double-Layer Antenna Structure
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Jukka Vesterinen of Jyvaskyla, Finland, has developed a double-layer antenna structure for hand-held devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device, comprising an at least partially plane antenna carrier with ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Patient's Vascular Protection Devices
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Kent D. Anderson of Champlin, Minn., John Oslund of Blaine, Minn., Richard S. Kusleika of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Daniel O. Adams of Long Lake, Minn., have developed a device or a system for use in a lumen of a vessel in a patient's vascular ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hiroyasu Jobetto of Hachioji, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device incorporating a chip-size semiconductor element and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes at least ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Dimer Poly-Quaternary Compound
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Thomas G. O'Lenick and Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., both of Dacula, Ga., have developed a novel class of polymeric compounds. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel class of polymeric compounds having ...
California Inventors Develop Video Image Transmission Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Kendyl A. Roman of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Carl P. Daniel of El Dorado Hills, Calif., have developed a system for transmitting video images over a computer network to a remote receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hiroyuki Suzuki, Koji Wakio, Masaharu Koyabu, Tsuneichi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Tanabe and Masashi Yamamoto, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an information processing system that can create a page easily by the use of contents disclosed from information ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Satoshi Seo and Takayuki Matsuda, both of Kyoto, Japan, and Takahiro Minamide of Niigata, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device including a buffer coat film formed on a passivation film and a method for fabricating the same. According to the U.S ....
Chinese Inventor Develops Released Membranes Profiles Changing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Jidong Hou of Shanghai, China, has developed a method to change the profile of a released membrane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to change the profile of released membranes is disclosed. This method is to form an island structure at ...
New York Inventor Develops Emitter Signal Detection Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Anthony J. Gounalis of Endicott, N.Y., has developed a system and a method for detecting emitter signals in the presence of unwanted signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for receiving at least one signal emitted by at least ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Lateral Double Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Chia-Lun Hsu and Kuan-Po Chen, both of Taipei, Taiwan, Mu-Yi Liu of Taichung, Taiwan, Tao-Cheng Liu of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Ichen Yang of Changhua, Taiwan, have developed a method of fabricating a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) ...
Washington Inventor Develops Client Management Tool Measurements Editing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Steve A. DeLuca of Woodinville, Wash., has developed a system and a method for editing active measurements in a client management tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for editing active measurements in a client ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Carboxylic Acid Production Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Kazuhiko Sato and Yoko Usui, both of Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a method for producing carboxylic acid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aldehyde-containing oily solution and an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution are reacted in the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Erasing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Shunji Sekimoto and Tomohiro Namise, both of Nagasaki, Japan, have developed a data erasing method, and a memory apparatus with data erasing circuit for the same method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to propose ...
Pennsylvania, New York Inventors Develop Object Full Relative Position Measurement Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Carlos M. Pereira of Tannersville, Pa., and Jahangir S. Rastegar of Stony Brook, N.Y., have developed a system and a method for the measurement of full relative position and orientation of objects. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
HISTORY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES ROSS HORNING LECTURE SERIES SPEAKER
Mar 21, 2007 ... Creighton University issued the following press release: Kim Butler, Canadian Consul General, Minneapolis, Minn., will be the featured speaker for the second annual Ross Horning Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in the Skutt Student Center Ballroom. The lecture is free ...
Washington Inventors Develop Media Variations Browser
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Steven M. Drucker and Curtis G. Wong, both of Bellevue, Wash., and Asta L. Glatzer of Redmond, Wash., have developed a system and a method that facilitates media browsing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes a browsing ...
Texas Inventor Develops Phase-Measuring Delta-Sigma Modulator Calibration Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- John L. Melanson of Austin, Texas, has developed a phase-measuring delta-sigma modulator calibration method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase-measuring delta-sigma modulator calibration method and apparatus ...
California, Illinois Inventors Develop Random Set-Based Cluster Tracking Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Michael A Kovacich of Fremont, Calif., and Thomas R Casaletto of Lake Barrington, Ill., have developed a a method for random set-based cluster tracking. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Tracking objects ...
Singapore, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Chip Assembly Making Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Charles W. C. Lin of Singapore, and Cheng-Lien Chiang of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a method of making a semiconductor chip assembly with simultaneously formed interconnect and connection joint. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network Management System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Makoto Kayashima of Yokohama, Japan, Hiromi Isokawa of Fujisawa, Japan, Yasuji Ishida of Kawasaki, Japan, and Toru Senoo of Tokyo, have developed a system for managing a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an integrated ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Multi-Level Flash Memory Cell
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Amir Ban of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, Simon Litsyn of Givat Shmuel, Israel, and Idan Alrod of Tel-Aviv, Israel, have developed a multi-level flash memory cell which is read by comparing the cell's threshold voltage to a plurality of integral reference voltages and to a ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Carboxylic Acid Production Process
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Robert Lin, Timothy Alan Upshaw and Duane Alan Hall, all from Kingsport, Tenn., and Kenny Randolph Parker of Afton, Tenn., have developed a process for production of a carboxylic acid/diol mixture suitable for use in polyester production. According to the U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Aromatic Amine Production Process
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Peter Lehner of Ratingen, Germany, Thomas Turek of Dusseldorf, Germany, Matthias Brandt of Wuppertal, Germany, and Susanne Buchholz of Koln, Germany, have developed a process for the production of aromatic amines by heterogeneously catalysed ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Enterprise Network Asset Management Server
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ronald A. Kupiec and Jeff J. Rochow, both of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Paolo Argentieri of Richmond Heights, Ohio, and Anne F. Poorman of Lyndhurst, Ohio, have developed an asset management server for a network of an enterprise. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Nevada Inventor Develops Data Processing Apparatus
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Clifford A. Davidow of Reno, Nev., has developed a method and an apparatus for processing inbound data within a powerline based communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerline based communication system includes a ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Tissue Ablation Transmurality Assessing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Dany Berube and Hiep Nguyen, both of Milpitas, Calif., Faouzi Kallel of Fremont, Calif., and Pierre-Antoine Chapelon of Carrieres sur Seine, France, have developed an instrument to assess the transmurality of an ablation lesion from a first surface of a targeted ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Distributed File Management Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Shinichi Sazawa and Yuichi Sato, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a distributed file management method and a program therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a management information generating step, management information of ...
Italian Inventor Develops Semiconductor Memory System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Luigi Pascucci of Milan, Italy, has developed a semiconductor memory system that includes selection transistors thereto. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "semiconductor memory system comprising a memory matrix ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Wafer Level Package
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ronald Patrick Huemoeller of Chandler, Ariz., David Razu of Gilbert, Ariz., and Sukianto Rusli of Phoenix, have developed a method of forming an electronic component package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an ...
Washington Inventors Develop Data Communication Apparatus
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Eric A. Nelson of Bellevue, Wash., and Michael B. O'Meara of Seattle, have developed a method and an apparatus for data communication that utilizes the North American Terrestrial System (NATS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
California Inventor Develops HyperText Transfer Protocol Call Recognition Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Xiaofan Wang of Fremont, Calif., has developed a method of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) call recognition on a publicly switched telephone network device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Analog-To-Digital Conversion Apparatus
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Michael M. Fitelson of Columbia, Md., Aaron Pesetski of Gambrills, Md., and Alfred P. Turley of Ellicott City, Md., have developed an apparatus that performs adaptive analog-to-digital conversion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Laser Treatment Apparatus
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Katsuyasu Mizuno of Gamagori, Japan, has developed a laser treatment apparatus to perform treatment by irradiating a treatment laser beam emitted from a laser source to an affected area. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser treatment ...
California Inventors Develop Global Traffic Management Network System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Eric Sven-Johan Swildens and Richard David Day, both of Mountain View, Calif., and Ajit K. Gupta of Fremont, Calif., have developed a content delivery and a global traffic management network system that provides a plurality of caching servers connected to a ...
California Inventor Develops Reference Voltage Generator
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Chor Yin Chia of San Jose, Calif., has developed a multi-reference voltage generator that includes an interface controller, a first bank of N m-bit registers and a second bank of N m-bit registers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Seiichi Aritome of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and manufacturing method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a trench isolation provided in a semiconductor ...
California Inventor Develops Analog-to-Digital Converter
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ahmad Bahai of Lafayette, Calif., has developed an analog to digital converter with power-saving adjustable resolution. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pipelined analog to digital converter (ADC) that is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hiroshi Saitoh of Iwata-gun, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device with a lead frame smaller than a semiconductor chip and manufacturing method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is produced using a lead frame ...
German Inventors Develop Memory Cell Fabricating Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Matthias Goldbach, Thomas Mikolajick and Albert Birner, all from Dresden, Germany, have developed an improved fabrication method for a multi-bit flash memory cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silicon nanocrystals are applied as ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Phenylpropionic Acid Derivative
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Akira Chiba, Kazuyuki Sagi, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Tatsuya Okuzumi, Hiroyuki Izawa and Masahiro Murata, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a phenylpropionic acid derivative. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Specified phenylpropionic ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Masaru Nawaki and Akihide Shibata, both of Nara, Japan, Koji Hamaguchi of Tenri, Japan, Yoshinao Morikawa of Ikoma, Japan, and Hiroshi Iwata of Ikoma-gun, Japan, have developed a semiconductor memory device and a portable electronic apparatus ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Floating Gate Transistors Forming Methods
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- J. Dennis Keller and Roger R. Lee, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a method of forming a plurality of floating gate transistors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Floating gate transistors and methods of forming the same are described. In one ...
New York, West Virginia Inventors Develop Cryosurgical System
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- John G. Baust of Candor, N.Y., and Roy Cheeks of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., have developed a cryosurgical system and a method for supplying cryogen to a probe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system including a container filled with ...
California Inventors Develop Subscriber Video Program Material
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Robert G. Arsenault of Redondo Beach, Calif., Stephen P. Dulac of Santa Clarita, Calif., Tam T. Leminh of Cypress, Calif., and Laura J. O'Donnell of El Segundo, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for adapting program guides to meet subscriber ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Memory Cells Overerase Correction Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Chung Zen Chen of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed a method of overerase correction for memory cells in a memory array after the memory cells that have been erased. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of overerase correction for ...
U.S., Dutch Inventors Develop Web Page Availability Determination Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hans Donker of Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands, Tijs Y. Wilbrink of Voorburg, Netherlands, and Edward E. Kelley of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., have developed a system and a method for determining the availability of a web page. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Device Components Testing Method
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Robert L. Canella of Nampa, Idaho, has developed a spring contact for establishing electrical contact between a lead element of an integrated circuit (IC) device and a substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The spring contact ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Flash Memory Cell
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ko-Hsing Chang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Hann-Jye Hsu of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a flash memory cell and a method for fabricating the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The flash memory cell comprises a substrate, a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Digital-To-Analog Converter
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Jung-Feng Ho of Chieh Lung, Taiwan, and Wen-Chung Lai of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a digital to analog converter/analog to digital converter (DAC/ADC) system for generating reference clocks for DAC/ADC by a look-up table method. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Fingerprint Sensor Apparatus
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Akira Okada, Hideharu Sakoda, Michio Hayakawa and Fumihiko Taniguchi, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a fingerprint sensor apparatus that can provide a normal fingerprint sensor function even when a mold flash. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Thermokeratoplasty Systems
Mar 21, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- B. Stuart Trembly of Hanover, N.H., has developed applicators for performing thermokeratoplasty. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of such applicators includes two generally tubular electrical conducting elements coaxially ...