US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Saturday, March 31:
Finnish Inventor Develops Hydraulic Nut
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Kauko Kamppila of Jarvenpaa, Finland, has developed a hydraulic nut can be reduced without potential weak points in view of the tightness of the pressurized medium chamber. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic nut having a first ...
California Inventors Develop Swage Type Fastener
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Thomas E. Harbin of Westminster, Calif., Hai-Tao Wang of Fountain Valley, Calif., and Michael U. March of Torrance, Calif., have developed a fastening system for securing a plurality of workpieces together in a fastened joint in a pluarlity of application having ...
California Inventors Develop Content Addressable Memory Array
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Kee Park and Scott Yu-Fan Chu, both of San Jose, Calif., have developed a content addressable memory (CAM) array that has at least one row therein containing a plurality of memory cells with different susceptibilities to soft errors. According to the U.S ....
South Korean Inventors Develop Navigation System Vehicle Map Matching Position Detecting Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Han Sung Lee, Mun Ho Jung and Dong Hoon Yi, Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method for detecting map matching position of vehicle in navigation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tapping Screw
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Hiroyuki Sakamoto of Fukuchiyama, Japan, has developed a tapping screw with function of holding female screw shavings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a screw comprising a head and a threaded shank, wherein ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bonding Material Size Determination Apparatus
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Akihiro Yamamoto of Kobe, Japan, Sakae Kobayashi of Hirakata, Japan, Shinzou Eguchi of Kyotanabe, Japan, Kazuhiro Murata of Nara, Japan, and Kouichi Yoshida of Moriguchi, Japan, have developed a method and an apparatus for determining processing size of bonding ...
Florida Inventors Develop Corkscrew Suture Anchor
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Reinhold Schmieding and R. Donald Grafton and Mark Brunsvold, all from Naples, Fla., have developed a corkscrew suture anchor that has a continuous thread spiraling around a tapering central core. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At the ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Virtual Ordered Data Writes
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Benjamin W. Yoder and Hana Moreshet, both of Framingham, Mass., David Meiri of Cambridge, Mass., Mark J. Halstead of Watertown, Mass., Haim Kopylovitz of Newton, Mass., and Adi Ofer of Wellesley, Mass., have developed a method of transferring data between storage ...
Ohio, Michigan Inventors Develop Adhesive Film Dispenser
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- James Hawley of Sheffield Village, Ohio, Brian Vulpitta of Avon Lake, Ohio, Thomas Wojtkun of Lakewood, Ohio, Dominic Daunter of Howell, Mich., David Thimm of Plymouth, Mich., and Curt Bailey of Birmingham, Mich., have developed a hand held adhesive film ...
Alabama Inventors Develop Refrigerated Chamber Partition System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Toby W. Clark of Phenix City, Ala., has developed a partition system for subdividing a refrigerated chamber defined by sidewalls, a ceiling and a floor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A partition system includes partial-width partitions ...
California Inventors Develop Interferometer System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ludmila M. Golyanskaya and Kenneth J. Wayne, both of Saratoga, Calif., Miao Zhu of San Jose, Calif., and John J. Bockman of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed differential interferometer with improved cyclic nonlinearity. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Accessory Post
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Christopher Jon Gilbert of Moreland Hills, Ohio, has developed ornamental design for an accessory post, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,851 on March 14, 2006. The patent has been assigned ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Portable Electrocardiograph
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Masahiro Umeda, Norihito Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Tanabe, Junichi Ishida and Yoko Moroki, all from Kyoto, Japan, have developed a cand a method of use for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect of the present ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Electric Sander
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Vincent Yiu Tak Chu of Hong Kong has developed an ornamental design for an electric sander, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,107 on March 27. The patent has been assigned to Choon Nang ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Lateral Blind Securing Device
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ming Nien of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a collapsing and a securing device of lateral blinds. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsing and securing device of a lateral blind includes a lateral blind such as a winding blind, a ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Powered Circular Saw
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Nigel Roberts of Bedale, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a powered circular saw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,108 on March 27. The patent has been assigned to ...
German Inventors Develop Tool Holder Clamping Device
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Josef Greif of Friesenried, Germany, and Wolfgang Wenk of Kempten, Germany, have developed a device for clamping a hollow shaft tool or a tool holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for clamping a ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Graphical User Interface
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michael Doyle of Vancouver, Canada, Collette Ostler of West Vancouver, Canada, Richard Rupp of Burnaby, Canada, and Garth Shoemaker of Coquitlam, Canada, have developed a graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations. According to the U.S ....
Florida Inventors Develop Adjustable Cargo Gate System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Stephen Earle and Floyd Jacobs, both of Casselberry, Fla., have developed an improved apparatus for securing cargo on the bed of a truck or trailer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "adjustable cargo gate system ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wall Mountable Support
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Suzanne M. Berberet of Sheboygan, Wis., has developed ornamental design for a wall mountable support, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,852 on March 14, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Work Vehicle Retractable Tie Down
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michele A. Cash of Wichita, Kan., has developed a retractable tie down for securely tying a work vehicle down to a cargo vehicle for transport. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable tie down for tying a work vehicle down to a ...
California Inventors Develop High-Resolution Magnetoencephalography System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sheldon J. Gott and Anthony D. Mascarenas, both of San Diego, and Richard Charles Reineman of La Jolla, Calif., have developed a high-resolution magnetoencephalography system, components and method for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Signal Converter System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- James Hand and Glenn M. Romano, both of Greensboro, N.C., have developed signal converter systems and methods with enhanced signal-to-noise ratios. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Signal converter systems are provided with N ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Drill Template with Integral Vacuum Attach
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- John Macke and Robert W. Scott, both of St. Charles, Mo., Bryan G. Dods of Ballwin, Mo., and James Morrison of O'Fallon, Mo., have developed a drill template for a structure with a mold line surface fabricated according to a precise definition using computer aided ...
Italian Inventor Develops Horizontal Boring Machine Tool
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Claudio Giorda of Grugliasco, Italy, has developed a horizontal boring machine for boring cylindrical surfaces with horizontal axes and axially spaced apart from each other. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontal boring machine ...
California Inventors Develop Inset Panel Fastener
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Douglas Stephen of Pomona, Calif., has developed an inset panel fastener that anchors into honeycomb substrates employed in the aircraft industry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inset panel fastener provides significantly increased ...
California Inventors Develop Accelerated Scan Circuitry
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Bulent Dervisoglu of Mountain View, Calif., and Laurence H. Cooke of Los Gatos, Calif., have developed an accelerated scan circuitry and a method for reducing scan test data volume and execution time. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Combination Window Covering
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ming Nien of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a combination window covering. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination window covering is constructed to include a headrail, a bottom rail, front and rear ladder tapes respectively ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Cargo Net
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Su-Min Kuo of Tainan, Taiwan, has developed a cargo net that comprises multiple elastic cords arranged in parallel and alternatively secured at multiple fixed points in meshed form. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The elastic cords are ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Stapler Desk Set
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Bonni Shevin Sandy of Morton Grove, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a stapler desk set, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,106 on March 27. The patent has been assigned to Dard ...
British, Canadian Inventors Develop Cable Tuner Circuit Control Loops
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Brian Robar and Zhan Feng Zhou, both of Bishops Stortford, Great Britain, Stefan Fulga of Great Dunmow, Great Britain, David Rahn of Kanata, Canada, Michael Toner of Nepean, Canada, and John Rogers of Ottawa, have developed a method of controlling power consumption ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Handheld Mechanical Adhesive Segment Applicator Apparatus
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Dennis E. Lohr and Angela M. Obst, both of Milwaukee, John P. Downs of Colgate, Wis., and James J. Cigelske Jr. of Menasha, Wis., have developed a handheld mechanical adhesive segment applicator apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Sertraline Hydrochloride Form II
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Eduard Schwartz, Marioara Mendelovici and Judith Aronhime, all from Rehovot, Israel, Tamar Nidam of Yehud, Israel, and Anita Liberman of Tel-Aviv, Israel, have developed a sertraline hydrochloride form II and methods for the preparation thereof. According to ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Window Blind Cord-Driven Rotator
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ming Nien of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, Yuche Wen of Taoyuan County, Taiwan, and Chih-Yao Chang of Taichung, Taiwan, have developed a cord-driven rotator for driving roller of window blind. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotator, which ...
MSC Equipment Wins $133,982 Contract
Mar 31, 2007 ... FORT MYER, Va., March 31 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $133,982 contract to MSC Equipment Inc., Richmond, Va., for special industry machinery. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Myer, Va. For more information ...
SecTek Wins $245.65 Million Contract
Mar 31, 2007 ... FORT EUSTIS, Va., March 31 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $245.65 million contract to SecTek Inc., Reston, Va., for professional, administrative and management support services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Eustis, Va. For more ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Portable Powered Roller Screed Apparatus
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Joseph W. Lindley of Paducah, Ky., has developed a portable powered roller screed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable powered roller screed apparatus includes a rotating roller assembly, a first operator roller controller coupled ...
German Inventors Develop Two Rod-Shaped Element Connecting Element
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Lutz Biedermann of VS-Villingen, Germany, & Peter Ostermann of Bocholt, Germany, have developed a connecting element that is created for connecting two rods or screws used for bone or vertebra stabilisation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Active Content Seamless Tabbed Focus Control Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- David R. Anderson of Saratoga, Calif., Prashant Patel of Fremont, Calif., and Mark A. Kieling of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a method of seamless tabbed focus control in active content. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a visual ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Attachable Beverage Coaster
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Carrie Olsen Garrard and Ian Robert Garrard, both of Benicia, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a attachable beverage coaster, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D539,097 on March 27 ....
Maryland Inventor Develops Wipe Dispenser
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Priscilla Morrisey-Hawkins of Silver Spring, Md., has developed a wipe-dispensing device which comprises a dispenser or container that keeps wipes isolated from the exterior of the device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wipes are ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Towel Rack
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ming Yun Shieh of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a towel rack, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,850 on March 14, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Horng ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Perfluoropolyether-Modified Silane
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Koichi Yamaguchi and Hirofumi Kishita, both of Gunma-ken, Japan, have developed a perfluoropolyether-modified silane, surface treating agent, and antireflection filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel perfluoropolyether-modified ...
German Inventor Develops Acoustically Evoked Brain Potentials Determination Device
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Wolfgang Kopke of Berlin has developed a device for determining acoustically evoked brain potentials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for determining acoustically evoked brain potentials in objective ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Multiple Wavelength Spectrometer
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Barrett E. Cole of Bloomington, Minn., has developed multiple wavelength spectrometers that can be used to sense more than one wavelength and/or band of wavelengths. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiple wavelength spectrometers can ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Forcep with Spring Loaded End Effector Assembly
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Patrick L. Dumbauld of Lyons, Colo., has developed forceps with spring loaded end effector assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a handle assembly having a elongated shaft extending ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Integrated Semiconductor Memory Testing Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Dirk Fuhrmann of Essex Junction, Vt., and Reidar Lindstedt of Munchen, Germany, have developed a method for testing an integrated semiconductor memory with a shortened reading time. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated ...
New York Inventor Develops Data Access Providing Interactive Software Program
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Joseph L. Stern of New York has developed an interactive software program for providing access to data on or off the Internet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for accessing, generating, presenting and ...
German, Belgian Inventors Develop Scanner with Vertical Rest Position
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Karl Heinz Rubner of Durnau, Germany, and Bavo Debusschere of Antwerpen, Belgium, have developed a scanner with a vertical rest position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "scanner having a chassis and a body, the ...
California Inventors Develop Diagnostic Integrated Circuit Communication Interface
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Paul Kimelman of Alamo, Calif., and Ian Field of Walnut Creek, Calif., have developed a communication interface for diagnostic circuits of an integrated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "integrated ...
New Zealand Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Foodstuff Holding Container
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Lawrence Basil Hart of Auckland, New Zealand, and Timothy Paul Woods of Wellington, New Zealand, have developed an ornamental design for a container for holding foodstuffs, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Television Broadcast Specific Visual Element Processing System
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Raymond Bontempi of Jamison, Pa., and Joseph F. Halgas Jr. of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., have developed a system for allowing a user to eliminate a fixed information band portion of a television broadcast. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Nut Cracker
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Vincent Wing Fu Yeung of Hong Kong has developed an ornamental design for a nut cracker, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,103 on March 27. The original application was filed on March 22, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Sensing Apparatus
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Kazuya Sato of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an apparatus and a method for sensing and displaying images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an image sensing apparatus and an image display method therefor of this embodiment, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage System Software Management Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ayumi Mikuma and Ikuko Kobayashi, both of Kawasaki, Japan, and Shinji Kimura of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a software management method for a storage system, and a storage system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The storage system ...
German Inventor Develops In-Tank Hydrogen Distribution Valve
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Rainer Pechtold of Russelsheim, Germany, has developed a hydrogen distribution valve for alternately distributing gaseous and liquid hydrogen from a tank. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hydrogen distribution valve includes a valve ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Deep Holes Forming Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Viktor P. Astakhov of Rochester Hills, Mich., Yefim Val of Troy, Mich., and Gregory Link of Canton, Mich., have developed a method of forming deep holes and a gundrill therefore. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gundrill has an ...
California Inventor Develops Synchronous Flash Memory
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Frankie F. Roohparvar of Milpitas, Calif., has developed a synchronous flash memory that includes an array of non-volatile memory cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The memory array is arranged in rows and columns, and can be further ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Cutting Insert
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sture Sjoo of Gavle, Sweden, and Tomas Sjoberg of Sandviken, Sweden, have developed a cutting insert that includes a body that forms top and bottom surfaces and a center hole intersecting at least the top surface (e.g., a through-hole). According to the U.S ....
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Flux Removal Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Wayne Thomas McDermott of Fogelsville, Pa., Gene Everad Parris of Coopersburg, Pa., Dean Van-John Roth of Center Valley, Pa., and Hoshang Subawalla of Macungie, Pa., have developed a method for removal of flux and other residue in dense fluid ...
Texas Inventor Develops Inspection Port Installing Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Howard Wall of Houston has developed a method of installing an inspection port onto asbestos insulated pipe and equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of installing an inspection port on a pipe ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Structural Pier Installation Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Donald May of Sun Lakes, Ariz., has developed a structural pier and a method for installing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is for a pier that supports a foundation. The pier includes a pier shaft, a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Memory Write Delay Time Determination Apparatus
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Simon Chu of Sindian, Taiwan, has developed a method and an apparatus for determining the write delay time of a memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, a north bridge ...
California Inventors Develop Images Transfer Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- John Crosbie, Shrikant Acharya, Gregory Springer and Shrinath Acharya, all from Fremont, Calif., have developed a method of transfer of images to a mobile computing tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a document generated from an ...
California Inventors Develop Solution Interaction Promoting Method
Mar 31, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Carl L. Hansen of Pasadena, Calif., Stephen R. Quake of San Marino, Calif., and James M. Berger of Kensington, Calif., have developed a high throughput screening of crystallization of materials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High ...