US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, March 27:
Georgia, Colorado Inventors Develop Cable Television Enhanced Services System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Timothy Addington of Roswell, Ga., and Ira Lehrman of Littleton, Colo., have developed systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexible systems and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Signal Transmission System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Junichi Nakata and Yoshihiro Wakita, both of Tokyo, have developed an information signal transmission system and a remote control device for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "information signal ...
California Inventor Develops Composite Foam Mattress Assembly
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Arthur A. Hochschild of Garden Grove, Calif., has developed a composite foam mattress assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of building and marketing composite foam mattress assemblies and a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Respiratory Mask
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Ming-Jeng Shue and Deborah Huang, both of Taichung City, Taiwan, have developed a respiratory mask that includes a shield and a mask body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The shield includes an air-impermeable bent sheet that defines a ...
British Inventor Develops Laundry Appliance
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Roger Michael Dawe of Chippenham, Great Britain, has developed a laundry appliance that comprises a drum for receiving a load of articles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The drum comprises at least two rotatable drum portions and a ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Bluetooth Device Privacy Protecting Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tero Alamaki, Norbert Gyorbiro and Casper Gripenberg, all from Helsinki, Finland, Marko Vanska and Mikko Tarkiainen, both of Espoo, Finland, and Ian Nordman of Soderkulla, Finland, have developed a method for protecting privacy when using a bluetooth ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Medium
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Toru Fujii, Yuji Tomizawa and Emiko Hamada, all from Tokyo, have developed an optical information medium comprising a pair of discs which have center holes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical information medium comprises a pair ...
British Inventors Develop Medicament Dispenser
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Peter John Brand, James William Godfrey and Paul Kenneth Rand, all from Ware, Great Britain, have developed a medicament dispenser for use in the dispensing of medicament. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Patient Support
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Sohrab Soltani and Michael V. Bolden, both of Charleston, S.C., and James J. Romano of James Island, S.C., have developed a patient support including a spacing structure and a base portion, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
German Inventors Develop Contents Requesting Billing Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tobias Martin of Rabenau, Germany, and Joerg Schwenk of Henfenfeld, Germany, have developed a billing method using secure socket layer (SSL)/transport layer security. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A billing method for requesting ...
Washington Inventors Develop Broadcast Channel Tuning System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Robert M. Fries and Michael E. Pietraszak, both of Redmond, Wash., have developed systems and methods for efficiently tuning to channels of a variety of different broadcast types. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tuning system is ...
Washington Inventor Develops Multiple Multi-Speed Devices Coordination Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Laurance F. Wygant of DuPont, Wash., has developed a method of coordination of multiple multi-speed devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A master device communicating a first range of speeds at which the master device is operable, to ...
British Inventors Develop Acoustic Device
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Henry Azima and Neil Harris, both of Cambridge, Great Britain, and Martin Colloms of London, have developed an acoustic device for use in or as loudspeakers when driven or excited thereto. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Temperature Modulation Thermal Management System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Doug Vanderwees of Mississiauga, Canada, James S. Cotton of Burlington, Canada, have developed systems for modulating the temperature of at least two heat generating components having different operating temperatures. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Virginia, Maryland Inventors Develop Input Data Stream Recognition Apparatus
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Stephen C. Kenyon of Fairfax, Va., and Laura Simkins of Clarksburg, Md., have developed methods and apparatuses for automatically recognizing input audio and/or video streams. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Broadcast System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Hiroyuki Waki of Hirakata, Japan, Tatsuya Shimoji of Neyagawa, Japan, Shusuke Haruna of Itami, Japan, and Chikara Yoshida of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a digital broadcast system and its component devices that provide services in accordance with a broadcast watched ...
Washington Inventors Develop Transaction System via Interactive Television
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Mai-Ian Tomsen of Seattle, and Anthony F. Istvan of Snoqualmie, Wash., have developed a method and a system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A viewer can initiate and then defer ...
New York Inventors Develop Nebulizer Breathing System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Rex A. Niles of Oneida, N.Y., Richard K. Pelerossi of Rome, N.Y., and Fredrick M. Richards of Clinton, N.Y., have developed an improved breathing system incorporating a nebulizer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
ECI Defense Group Wins $43,508 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $43,508 contract to ECI Defense Group Inc., Bon Aqua, Tenn., for valves. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more information about ...
Simplex Supply Wins $51,129 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $51,129 contract to Simplex Supply Co. Inc., Deer Park, N.Y., for valves. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more information about ...
Florida Inventor Develops Network Redirection Control Routing Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Peggy M. Stumer of Boca Raton, Fla., has developed a time-division multiplexing communications network resource that usage control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and apparatus within a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Objective Lens Actuator
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Kenji Hatazawa of Higashihiroshima, Japan, has developed an objective lens actuator that is capable of moving an objective lens at least in a focusing direction and performing tilt correction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An objective ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Digital Media Analysis Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Robert W. Stanley of Peru, Ind., has developed a method of analyzing a digital media by a digital media player. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of analyzing a digital media by a digital media player and displaying the condition ...
British Inventors Develop Client-Server Network Apparatus
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Richard Hayton of Burwell, Great Britain, and Dave Otway of Cambridge, Great Britain, have developed methods and an apparatus for communicating changes between a user interface and an executing application using property paths. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Valve
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Ryan W. Donovan, Clint R. Haas and Neil Jolly, all from Tucson, Ariz., have developed an ornamental design for a valve, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D539,387 on March 27. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Tray Drive Mechanism
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tomohiro Shirakawa, Hiroyuki Arase, Tetsuo Nishidate, Takeshi Kurita, Masaharu Shibata and Hideki Kume, all from Osaka, Japan, have developed a tray device mechanism for optical disc apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray ...
Texas Inventor Develops Exercise Saddle Tree
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- L. Ronnie Nettles of Madisonville, Texas, has developed a saddle tree and a method of construction for exercise saddle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "exercise saddle tree and method of construction that ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Network Information Management System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Junji Suzuki of Nagano-ken, Japan, has developed an information management system and an information management method for a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "User-related data including personal information of a user are stored ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Objective Lens Driver
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Naoto Ikeda of Saitama, Japan, and Teruaki Higashihara of Tokyo, have developed an objective lens driver and a disk drive device that comprises the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an objective lens ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Digital Rights Management Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Bejoy Pankajakshan of Mission, Kan., and Benjamin J. Parker of Overland Park, Kan., have developed a method for digital distribution of copyrighted content via an Internetwork. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Licensed multimedia content ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Articles Shipping Device
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Joel Bartholf and Dennis Ruth, both of Macon, Ga., have developed an enclosure for shipping an article capable of releasing a combination of gas and particulates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The enclosure comprises a material of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disc Apparatus
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Isamu Nakade of Kanazawa, Japan, and Tsukasa Nakayama of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a disc apparatus having accommodated therein a plurality of disc shaped recording mediums. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disc apparatus ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Integrated Undersampling Apparatus
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Jeffrey Lee Sonntag of Portland, Ore., has developed a method and an apparatus for integrated undersampling. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An undersampling system can comprise an integrated circuit (IC) that has integrated, on the same ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Improved Call Forwarding Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Michael P. Straub of Colts Neck, N.J., and William A. Kay of Glendora, N.J., have developed improved call forwarding methods and an apparatus fot the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dialing of multiple call forwarding locations in ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Airbed Using Coil Beam Connections
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Hao Hsu and Hsin Ping Wu, both of Guang Dong, China, have developed an improved bed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bed comprises a top sheet, a bottom sheet connected with the top sheet, and at least one coil beam. The coil beam ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording/Reproducing Apparatus
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Yasutomo Aman, Shozo Murata and Nobuaki Onagi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk surface of an optical disk is ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Vertical Pouch Machine
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Curt Frievalt of Green Bay, Wis., and Brian E. Kettner of Appleton, Wis., have developed a vertical form fill and seal continuous pouch machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical form fill and seal continuous pouch machine includes a ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Faucet
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Andreas Haug, Tom Schonherr and Fabian Kollmann, all from Stuttgart, Germany, and Andreas Dimitriadis of Lorch, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a faucet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Indiana, Texas Inventors Develop Ultrasonic Flowmeter
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Joe Schaffer of Greenwood, Ind., and Dean Sylvia of The Woodlands, Texas, have developed a low power ultrasonic flowmeter that is to be powered by a two wire power supply loop. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low power ultrasonic ...
York International Wins $353,418 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $353,418 contract to York International Corp., York, Pa., for research and development work. The contract was awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia. For more ...
Kiesler Police Supply Wins $64,907 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... ARLINGTON, Va., March 27 -- The U.S. Department of State has awarded a $64,907 contract to Kiesler Police Supply Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., for tactical equipment. For more information about US Fed News contract awards ...
Nakuuruq Solutions Wins $495,496 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... ROSSLYN, Va., March 27 -- The U.S. Department of State has awarded a $495,496 contract to Nakuuruq Solutions LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, for general purpose information technology equipment. For more information about US Fed News contract ...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER TO BEGIN NEW OMNIBUS SURVEY REGARDING ECONOMY, WAR IN IRAQ
Mar 27, 2007 ... The University of Arkansas issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Arkansas Survey Research Center will begin collecting data Wednesday, March 28, for the Northwest Arkansas Omnibus Survey, a service-oriented poll to measure local residents' perceptions about ...
PAT WALKER HEALTH CENTER AT UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS ACHIEVES ACCREDITATION BY ACCREDITATION ASSOCIATION FOR AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE
Mar 27, 2007 ... The University of Arkansas issued the following news release: The Pat Walker Health Center at the University of Arkansas has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. "Accreditation of the Pat Walker Health Center affirms our commitment ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cold Proof Glove
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Etsuo Kishino of Yuzawa-machi, Japan, has developed a cold proof glove and a glove provided wear. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cold proof glove characterized in that a receiving bag portion is provided in a ...
Israeli, British Inventors Develop Machine Washable Suit Jacket
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Moshe Gadot of Rehovot, Israel, Avraham Einhorn of Kiryat Gat, Israel, Lia Sherban of Yavneh, Israel, John Shaw Newton of London, and Raymond Archibald Walters of Herts, Great Britain, have developed an item of apparel, such as a jacket, in particular a man's jacket ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pressure-Detection Device
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Teruo Oda of Gamagori, Japan, and Inao Toyoda of Anjo, Japan, have developed a pressure-detecting device which can be applied to sensors of combustion pressure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One end of a rod-like pressure-conveying ...
California, Washington, Florida Inventors Develop Personal Warming System
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Kenneth S. Siegner of Calimesa, Calif., Charles C. Wyatt of Corona, Calif., Kent D. Ellis of Seattle, and Jack Wilkerson of Eutis, Fla., have developed personal warming systems and apparatuses for use in hospitals and other settings. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Switching Circuit
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Satoshi Ishikawa and Kouichi Yamamoto, both of Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a switching circuit and an individual voltmeter apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object to provide an individual voltmeter apparatus ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Mobile Wireless Subscriber Alerting Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Harri Tapani Vilander of Espoo, Finland, has developed a method of alerting a mobile wireless subscriber that is registered with a mobile wireless communication network to a session initiation request sent by a calling party. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Louisiana Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Duo Sewage Treatment Plant
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Hubbard H. Donald and George E. Johnson, both of Downsville, La., have developed an ornamental design for the duo sewage treatment plant, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D539,382 on March ...
California Inventors Develop Network Switching Technology
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Shiri Kadambi of Los Altos, Calif., Mohan Kalkunte of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Shekhar Ambe of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for managing congestion in a network switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Turbo Fan
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Nee Young Lee of Changwon-shi, South Korea, has developed a turbo fan. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "turbo fan having an axial fan flow characteristic, and an air conditioner having the turbo fan applied ...
German Inventor Develops Computer System Operating Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Michael Zunke of Aschheim, Germany, has developed a method of operating a computer system and a computer system including a predetermined run authorization. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a computer system on which ...
Florida, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Telecommunications Services Providing Method
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Paul Kotik of Plantation, Fla., and Andrew Egendorf of Lincoln, Mass., have developed a method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telecommunications service ...
California Inventors Develop Movable Cursor Control Device
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Abraham S.Farag of Palo Alto, Calif., Bartley K.Andre of Menlo Park, Calif., Benjamin B. Lyon of Kensington, Calif., Richard D. Cappels Sr. of San Jose, Calif., and Jeffrey B. Doar of Fremont, Calif., have developed a movable cursor control device for controlling a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Lighting Keyboard Module
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Chung-Chi Chien, Szu-Jung Peng and Feng-Cheng Chang, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a lighting keyboard and a lighting module for a keyboard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lighting module comprises a light source, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Fluid Control Valve
Mar 27, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Bunya Hayashi, Shinji Miyazoe and Shinichi Yoshimura, all from Ibaraki, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a fluid control valve, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D539,386 on March ...
Universal Propulsion Wins $232,588 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $232,588 contract to Universal Propulsion Co. Inc., Fairfield, Calif., for ammunition and explosives. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, ...
ADS International Wins $184,577 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... SAN DIEGO, March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $184,577 contract to ADS International LLC, Virginia Beach, Va., for clothing, individual equipment and insignia. The contract was awarded by the Naval Supply Systems Command's Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, San ...
Control Technology Wins $114,762 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $114,762 contract to Control Technology Inc., Manchester, N.H., for maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by the Naval Supply Systems Command's Fleet & Industrial Supply Center ...
Aggreko Wins $186,600 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $186,600 contract to Aggreko, Hopedale, Mass., for the rental of dehumidification and cooling equipment at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The contract was awarded by the Naval Supply Systems ...
Mobile Temp Wins $46,197 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 27 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $46,197 contract to Mobile Temp Inc., Geismar, La., for the lease or rental of equipment at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth. The contract was awarded by the Naval Supply Systems ...
Huang Jungi Wins $70,000 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $70,000 contract to Huang Jungi, Dayton, Ohio, for advanced post doctoral research in the area of numerical mod. The contract was awarded by USAF's Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force ...
GK Paper Wins $239,710 Contract
Mar 27, 2007 ... MINNEAPOLIS, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $239,710 contract to GK Paper Co., Lincoln, Neb., for polyvinyl chloride plastic films. The contract was awarded by USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Minneapolis. Work will be performed in ...