US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, April 12:
California Inventors Develop Extraordinary Magnetoresistive Sensor
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Amitava Chattopadhyay, Robert E. Fontana Jr. and Stefan Maat, all from San Jose, Calif., Bruce A. Gurney of San Rafael, Calif., and Ernesto E. Marinero of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a planar extraordinary magnetoresistance (EMR) sensor. According to the ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Automated Fishing Information Acquisition Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Keith Taboada of Brielle, N.J., has developed a method and an apparatus for the automated acquisition of information related to fishing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a data acquisition system is provided comprising ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Carrying Strap
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- John M. French of Boise, Idaho, has developed an ornamental design for a carrying strap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,281 on April 25, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Michaels of ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Spatial Light Modulator Devices
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Jathan D. Edwards of Afton, Minn., has developed spatial light modulator devices (SLMs) that is used to control light on a pixel-by-pixel basis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a holographic data storage ...
German Inventor Develops Object Wrapping Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Reiner Hannen of Kalkar-Wissel, Germany, has developed an apparatus and a method for tucking in excess-foil projections of a foil wrap covering the sides and at least a part of the top of a stack of objects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventor Develops Network Frames Processing Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Elmootabellah Nabil Elnozahy of Austin, Texas, has developed a method of processing of frames received by a server on the network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method in which the server device ...
Washington Inventors Develop Authenticatable Gaming Systems Manufacturing Architecture
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Boyd C. Multerer of Seattle, and Ling Tony Chen of Bellevue, Wash., have developed an architecture for manufacturing authenticatable gaming systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architecture is described to manufacture ...
Texas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Brush
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Keith E. Clark of Irving, Texas, and Marianne Staffileno of Highland Village, Texas, have developed an ornamental design for a brush, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D519,282 on April 25, ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Food Manipulating Utensil
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- H. Dean Pontzious of Newark, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a food manipulating utensil, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,128 on April 10. The original application was ...
New York Inventors Develop Print Production Processes
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- David C. Robinson of Penfield, N.Y., and Michael Axelrod of Fairport, N.Y., have developed methods for positioning a print integrity image capture device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The invention ...
French Inventors Develop Homogeneous Bulky Porous Ceramic Material
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Raymond Soria of Bazet, France, Jean-Claude Foulon of St. Lezer, France, and Jean-Michel Cayrey of Beaucens, France, have developed a homogeneous bulky porous ceramic material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A homogeneous bulky porous ceramic ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin-Film Magnetic Head Substrate
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Hironobu Tsubota of Osaka, Japan, Shinji Tsujimoto of Ibaraki, Japan, and Taisuke Hirooka of Kobe, Japan, have developed a substrate for a thin-film magnetic head that includes a ceramic base and an undercoat film of amorphous silicon carbide, which is supported on ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Frameless Display Module
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- William Carter of Dyer, Ind., has developed a display module for an illuminated display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display module for an illuminated display device is provided having a flexible, non-self-supporting, at ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Electronically Communicating Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Danny C. Rich of Hamilton Square, N.J., Stephen Roderick Postle of Glen Rock, N.J., James Christopher Putney of Charlotte, N.C., and Gordon Robert Stone of Cirencester, Great Britain, have developed a system and a method for managing electronic transmission of color ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Handbag
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Alvaro Gonzalez of Florence, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a handbag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,277 on April 25, 2006. The patent has been assigned to J. Choo Jersey ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrodeionization Deionized Water Production Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Koji Yamanaka, Hiroshi Inoue and Naoyuki Tajima, all from Tokyo, have developed an electrodeionization deionized water producing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the electrodeionization deionized water producing apparatus, ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Carbon Adsorbable Organic Compound Oxidation Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Hugh Stanley McLaughlin of Groton, Mass., has developed a method for oxidizing carbon adsorbable organic compounds in a controlled manner within a bed of activated carbon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bed of activated carbon is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Hard Disc Drive Settling Servo Control Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Chang-Ik Kang and Chan-hyuck Boo, both of Jeju-si, South Korea, and Da-woon Chung of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a servo controller for a hard disc drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fast settling servo control method and ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hip Bag
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Shannon G. Jameson of Reston, Va., has developed an ornamental design for a hip bag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,276 on April 25, 2006. The original application was filed on Aug. 12, ...
Washington, Oregon Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Modular Will-Call Storage Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Stephen A. Garrett and Shelton Louie, both of Vancouver, Wash., and Philip M. Krebs of West Linn, Ore., have developed an ornamental design for a modular will-call storage device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued ...
Iowa, New Jersey, South Carolina Inventors Develop Heat-Shrinkable Multilayer Packaging Film
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Ram K. Ramesh of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, John R. Wolf of Phillipsburg, N.J., and George D. Wofford of Duncan, S.C., have developed a heat-shrinkable multilayer packaging film comprising inner layer comprising a polyester. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventors Develop Hair Growth Stimulating Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Henry Pearl and David Sinofsky, both of Boca Raton, Fla., have developed a hand-held laser device that stimulates hair growth. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device provides distributed laser light to the scalp while simultaneously ...
California Inventor Develops Data Processing System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Thomas C. Clark of San Jose, Calif., has developed a method and a system for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of notifying clients of a ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Collapsible Structure
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Michael S. Kellogg of Oconomowoc, Wis., and Dean B. Krotts of Milwaukee, have developed an ornamental design for a collapsible structure, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D519,280 on April 25, ...
Illinois, Texas Inventors Develop Alternative Fuel Source
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Sarah Michalek and Susan Gleissner, both of Bradley, Ill., Wilbur J. Stewart Jr. and Billy R. Cole, both of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed an energy source that uses hydrogenated vegetable oil diluted into diesel fuel. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventor Develops Follower Magazine System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Thomas Vieweg of Wyandanch, N.Y., has developed a pistol of the type having a barrel and a trigger and a handle for fully receiving a follower magazine system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case has a base end with a base plate and ...
California Inventors Develop Micro Electro-Mechanical Devices Formation Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Satyadev R. Patel of Sunnyvale, Calif., Andrew G. Huibers of Palo Alto, Calif., and Steve S. Chiang of Saratoga, Calif., have developed methods for depositing, releasing and packaging micro-electromechanical devices (MEMS) on wafer substrates. According to the U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Semiconductor System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Maria Del Rocio Martin Lopez and Richard Spitz, both of Reutlingen, Germany, Alfred Goerlach of Kusterdingen, Germany, and Barbara Will of Harrenberg, Germany, have developed a semiconductor system having a pn transition and method for manufacturing a semiconductor ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Disk Drive Track Seek Servo Control Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Seung-chul Park of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Chang-ik Kang of Jeju-si, South Korea, have developed a method and an apparatus for controlling a track seek servo of a disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of controlling ...
Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey Inventors Develop Fischer-Tropsch Hydrocarbon Synthesis
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Loren Leon Ansell and Nancy Marie Page, both of Baton Rouge, La., Adeana Richelle Bishop of Bethlehem, Pa., William Berlin Genetti of Woodbridge, Va., and Jack Wayne Johnson of Clinton, N.J., have developed an oxygenate treatment of dewaxing catalyst for greater ...
Illinois, Connecticut Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Jeffrey W. George of Cary, Ill., James Maki of McHenry, Ill., Peter Clarke of Fairfield, Conn., and John K. Clay of Milford, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Silicate Sources Heavy Metals Removal Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Yung-Hui Huang of Bel Air, Md., and John V. Offidani of Havre de Grace, Md., have developed a method of removing heavy metals from silicate sources during silicate manufacturing. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Planar Plating Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Ismail Emesh of Gilbert, Ariz., has developed a planar plating apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for performing an electrochemical process on a surface of a workpiece comprises a platen assembly comprising a support ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Conversion Catalyst for Ethylbenzene
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Kazuyoshi Iwayama of Nagoya, Japan, Hiroshi Konta of Mie-ken, Japan, and Masatoshi Watanabe of Tajimi, Japan, have developed a conversion catalyst for ethylbenzene containing xylenes and a process for converting ethylbenzene containing xylenes by using ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hard Disk System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Osamu Morita of Kanagawa, Japan, Satoshi Tanaka of Miyagi, Japan, and Kiyotaka Kuroda of Tokyo, have developed a portable external hard disk system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hard disk system includes a hard disk unit and a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hardware Sorting Tray
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Roger Boerma of Spring Lake, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for a hardware sorting tray, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,278 on April 25, 2006. The original application was ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Thermos with Improved Beverage Consumption Section
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Gary Ross of Oxnard, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a thermos with improved beverage consumption section, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,124 on April 10. The original ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Gas-Sparged Reaction Performing Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Jeffrey David Cohen of Kennett Square, Pa., has developed a process and an apparatus for performing a gas-sparged reaction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved process, such as a microbiological or ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording Medium Holder
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Shunji Harada of Osaka, Japan, Noriko Sugimoto of Amagasaki, Japan, and Shoichiro Nakata of Nishinomiya, Japan, have developed a recording medium holder that enables a user to easily find a desired recording medium from recording mediums that the user ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Tape Cartridge
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Kiyoshi Horimai of Odawara, Japan, has developed a magnetic tape cartridge, a servo writer, a magnetic tape drive and a method for reading servo signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a magnetic tape cartridge and a servo ...
Texas Inventors Develop Basic Input Output System Remotely Updating Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Frank L. Wu, Anil V. Rao, Armando Jaime Martinez and Roger M. Blood, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a system and a method for remotely updating a system basic input output system (BIOS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Intravascular Balloon Catheters
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Matthew Heidner of Maple Grove, Minn., has developed a balloon catheter having an improved balloon waist design in which material is removed prior to thermal processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a series of ...
California Inventors Develop Improved Disk Storage Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Andre Sirilutporn Chan of Milpitas, Calif., Ferdinand Hendriks of Morgan Hill, Calif., Michael Robert Hatchett of San Jose, Calif., and Jr-Yi Shen of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed an improved system, a method, and an apparatus for integrating an aerodynamic ...
German Inventor Develops Beverage Bottling Plant
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Volker Till of Hofheim/Taunus, Germany, has developed an aseptic bottle filling plant for aseptically cold filling bottles with a cold aseptic liquid beverage material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "beverage ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Beverage Container Sleeve
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Michael E. Hicks of Kaufman, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for sleeve for beverage container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,125 on April 10. The patent has been assigned to ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Juice Extractor
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Guoyao Ye, Martin P. Brady and Atle Larsen, all from Richmond, Va., and Mark K. Romandy of Glen Allen, Va., have developed an ornamental design for a juice extractor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
California Inventors Develop Voice Recognition Portable Browser Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Amir Ben-Efraim of Redwood City, Calif., Tae Hae Nahm of Los Altos, Calif., and David Hudson of San Francisco, have developed a portable browser device with voice recognition and feedback capability. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
British Inventors Develop Impurity Detection Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- David Robert Vincent of Ferndown, Great Britain, has developed a sample preparation device and a method for preparing a sample of liquid for detection of impurities. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second electrodes are ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Drink Coaster
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Laurie Leahy of Tucson, Ariz., has developed an ornamental design for a drink coaster, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,126 on April 10. The patent has been assigned to Thirstystone ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network Device Access Security Protection Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Mitsuhiro Onoda of Suita, Japan, and Kazuo Matoba of Akashi, Japan, have developed a method of security protection in an access to a network device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the "network system includes a first device serving as a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electrical Host System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Li-Cheng Lin of Shindian, Taiwan, has developed an electrical host system that includes a host and an expandable optical disk recording and playing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The expandable optical disk recording and playing ...
California Inventors Develop Web Server Hit Multiplier
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Michael E. Smedberg of Oakland, Calif., Boris Andreyevich Krasnoiarov of El Cerrito, Calif., and Daniil Khidekel of Berkeley, Calif., have developed a web server hit multiplier and a redirector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
Texas Inventors Develop Information Handling System Control Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Pratik M. Mehta and Luc Dinh Truong, both of Austin, Texas, and John Van Zile of Round Rock, Texas, have developed techniques for improving the control of various devices that are included in an information handling system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Servo Burst Signals Testing Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Yong-gwon Lee, Chul Park and Cheol-hoon Park, all from Suwon-si, South Korea, and Sang-hoon Chu of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method of testing a servo burst signal of a hard disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Disk Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Masashi Kisaka of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a disk device that uses servo signals to conduct positioning control of a head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention eliminate noise from burst signals by use of a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projection Type Image Display Device
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Hiromi Katoh, Hiroshi Hamada and Akihito Jinda, all from Nara, Japan, Hiroshi Nakanishi of Yawata, Japan, Tadashi Kawamura of Tenri, Japan, and Takashi Shibatani of Kashihara, Japan, have developed a single-panel projection type image display ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Electronic Appliance Diagnostic System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Mark A. Boyer of Harrison, Tenn., Tony E. Kendall of Ooltewah, Tenn., Brian A. Lard of Cleveland, Tenn., and Jeffrey C. Strickland of Chattanooga, Tenn., have developed a system for diagnosing a fault or failure in a domestic, electronic appliance. According ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shoe Sole Portion
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Marni Luhta Gerber of West Linn, Ore., has developed an ornamental design for a portion of a shoe sole, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,265 on April 25, 2006. The patent has been assigned ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Mounting Assembly
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Sung Mo Yeo of Hwaseong-si, South Korea, has developed a license plate for a vehicle, and more particularly to a mounting assembly of a license plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mounting assembly of a license plate includes a ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Wire Reinforced Thermoplastic Coating
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- George Tunis of Berlin, Md., has developed a wire reinforced thermoplastic coating. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "structural reinforcing layer made from wire, a structural reinforcing composite layer made ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shoe Upper Side Element
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Leo S. Chang of Portland, Ore., has developed an ornamental design for a side element of a shoe upper, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,274 on April 25, 2006. The patent has been assigned ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Substances In-Vivo Presence Determination Method
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Gavriel Meron of Petach Tikva, Israel, has developed a system and a method for determining the presence of a substance in-vivo. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method and system for the in vivo ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Kenichi Fujii of Tokyo, and Shigeru Hiroki of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a wireless communication system and a control apparatus therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A call in request is transmitted from a wireless base ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Aortic Valve Replacing Apparatus
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Steven B. Woolfson of Boston, Richard B. Streeter of Winchester, Mass., Daniel C. Taylor of Brighton, Mass., and William E. Cohn of Chestnut Hill, Mass., have developed a method and an apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve. According to the ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Television Tuner
Apr 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Tung-Ming Su of Kao-Hsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Dsun-Chie Twu of Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan, and Liang-Hui Lee of Tai-Nan, Taiwan, have developed a television (TV) tuner and a method of processing a received radio frequency (RF) signal. According to the U.S. Patent ...