US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, April 13:
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Controller
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Kazuhiro Nakamigawa of Tokyo has developed a liquid crystal display controller and a liquid crystal display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a liquid crystal display controller, a digital image input signal is input to the controller ...
Florida Inventors Develop Bone Anchor Installing Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Kenneth Stewart and Thomas M. Sweeney II, both of Sarasota, Fla., have developed a device for installing an anchor in a bone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device and method for installing an anchor in a bone ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Bone Fusion System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Randall J. Huebner of Beaverton, Ore., David G. Jensen of Troutdale, Ore., and Herbert Respess of Portland, Ore., have developed systems, that include apparatus, methods, and kits, for fusing two or more bones with a bone plate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
California Inventors Develop Image Processing System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Michael Kaplinsky and Igor Subbotin of South Pasadena, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for real time identification and correction of pixel defects for image sensor arrays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Bone Fixation Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Fridolin J. Schlapfer of Glarus, Switzerland, and Martin Hess of Holstein, Switzerland, have developed a bone fixation device with a rotation joint. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bone fixation device which ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develop Control Card Loading, Unloading Mechanism
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Shoei-Yuan Shih of Shijr, Taiwan, has developed a control card loading and unloading mechanism for loading and unloading a control card and a display panel to facilitate repairs and maintenance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control ...
California Inventors Develop Broadcast Signals Time, Space Domain Shifting Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Paul Beard of Milpitas, Calif., and Enrique Alfaro of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for time and space domain shifting of broadcast signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broadcast station in a first ...
Italian Inventors Develop Boron Salt Production Process
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Sergio Miele, Enrica Bargiacchi, Giuseppe Giorgis and Paolo Bonini, all from Larderello, Italy, have developed a process for the production of a boron salt and its use in the agronomic field. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Australian Inventors Develop Printhead Drop Nozzle Misalignment Compensation Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Kia Silverbrook and Paul Lapstun, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a method and apparatus for compensation for time varying nozzle misalignment in a drop on demand printhead. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Carbon-Phenol Resin Molding Compound
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Isamu Ide and Hisato Higuchi, both of Sakai, Japan, Masanobu Nishikawa of Osaka, Japan, Tsunemori Yoshida of Kobe, Japan and Katsunori Sugita of Sanda, Japan, have developed a carbon-phenol resin molding compound obtained by reacting a phenol with an aldehyde in the ...
Delaware Inventor Develops Toughened Thermoplastic Polyamide Composition
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Richard T. Chou of Hockessin, Del., has developed a toughened polyamide composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a composition useful as an impact modifier for polyamide compositions. In one embodiment, ...
French Inventor Develops Carbohydrate-Based Fuel Mixture
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Guillaume Pourtout of Paris has developed a fuel mixture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "fuel mixture containing a suspension in air at a concentration of about 200 miligram of fuel per liter of air, of a ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Bret A. Ferree of Cincinnati, and David Tompkins of Milford, Ohio, have developed artificial intervertebral disc replacements with endplates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial disc replacement (ADR) includes a pair of ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Electronic Components Implementation Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Israel Schuster of Kiryat Tivon, Israel, has developed a method for the implementation of electronic components in via-holes of a multi-layer multi-chip module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The substrate containing the via-hole is ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Detachable Dust Bin
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Jackson Wegelin of Akron, Ohio, Ron Stephens of Rittman, Ohio, and Chuck Damman of Stow, Ohio, have developed a detachable dust bin for a vacuum cleaner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container is provided with a removable sidewall ...
New York Inventor Develops Safety Line Clamping Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Augustus Sclalfani of Northport, N.Y. has developed a sailing safety equipment that is easy to install. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to a clamping system for preparing safely lifelines used in ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Biaxial Hinge Tailgate Latch Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Mikio Ichinose of Yamanashi, Japan, has developed a latch device of a biaxial hinge tailgate that can be selectively released to open about two axes having different axial directions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch device ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Stripe-Type Organic Electroluminescence Panel
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Shoichiro Matsumoto of Gifu, Japan, has developed a stripe-type organic electroluminescence panel which comprises at least three kinds of pixels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pixels for three colors, namely, R, G, and B, are arranged ...
South Carolina Inventor Develops Nonwoven Fabric with Low Ion Content
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Archer E. D. Booker Jr. of Spartanburg, S.C., has developed a nonwoven fabric with low ion content and a method for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric having a ...
Michigan, Colorado Inventors Develop Surgical Assist Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Herbert Earl Ross of Bath, Mich., and Mitchell Theodore Copeland of Grand Junction, Colo., have developed a device and a method to assist in arthroscopic repair of detached connective tissue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Heated Windshield Manufacturing Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Joseph M. Loibl of Farmington Hills, Mich., has developed a method of making a windshield having first and second outer layers and a conductive bar. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of making a windshield ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Impact Actuated Animal Deflector System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Nancy Erin Lange of Maquoketa, Iowa, has developed an animal deflector system for propelling an animal out of the path of a front portion of a moving vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "animal deflector ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Open/Close Member Driving Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Toshiyuki Sakai of Kariya, Japan, Hiroji Ikeda of Nagoya, Japan, Takeshi Yamamoto of Takahama, Japan, have developed a driving device for driving an open/close member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving device for driving an ...
German Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Rear-Mounted Air Guide Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Martin Roth of Rutesheim, Germany, has developed a rear-mounted air guide device for a motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear-mounted air guide device for a motor vehicle includes an air guide element which can be adjusted ...
British Inventors Develop Reactive Polymeric Surfactant
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Alexander Mark Heming, Patrick Joseph Mulqueen, Herbert Benson Scher and Ian Malcolm Shirley, all from Bracknell, Great Britain, have developed a process for the production of an oil-in-water emulsion having an oil discontinuous phase and an aqueous continuous phase ....
Puerto Rican Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Home Protection System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Leonard J. Crews of Urb Fair View, Puerto Rico, has developed an ornamental design for a home protection system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,210 on April 10. The original application ...
Washington Inventor Develops System Registry Information Access Providing Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Shafiqul Khalid Atm of Bellevue, Wash., has developed a system and a method of providing access to information stored in a system registry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system and method can further facilitate a generic (e.g., ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Copper Polishing Slurry
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Anne E. Miller of Portland, Ore., and Charles Poutasse of Lake Oswego, Ore., have developed surfactant slurry additives to improve erosion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Slurries and methods for the chemical mechanical polishing of ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Decorative Light Fixture
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 --Gary R. Cunningham of Greensburg, Ind, Donald Maple of Batesville, Ind., and Paul M. Schnepp of Columbus, Ind., have developed an ornamental light assembly for a casket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Panel with Driving Circuit
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Yung-Hung Shen of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Shih-Chung Wang of Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan, Yuh-Ren Shen of Tai-Nan, Taiwan, and Cheng-Jung Chen of Miao-Li Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and related driving ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Clamping Means
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Christopher James Mccaughan Hay of Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for 'clamping means,' the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,367 on April 4, 2006. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Apparatus
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Naruhiko Kasai and Hiroki Awakura, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Toshihiro Satou of Mobara, Japan, have developed a display apparatus using as its display elements light-emitting elements typified by light-emitting diodes and organic electro luminescence elements ....
French, Japanese Inventors Develop Dye Composition
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Henri Samain of Bievres, France, Leila Hercouet of Chelles, France, Andrew Greaves of Montevrain, France, and Gre Plos of Tokyo, have developed a dye composition that comprises at least one direct dye containing mixed chromophores. According to the U.S ....
Texas Inventors Develop Elastomeric Membrane Composition
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Periagaram S. Ravishankar of Kingwood, Texas, and Narayanaswami R. Dharmarajan of Houston, have developed compositions suitable for elastomeric membranes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates generally to polymers ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Dust Collector
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Kun Yi Lin of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a dust collector that includes a base, a cover, and a barrel disposed between the base and the cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The barrel includes a lower frame, an upper frame, one or ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Ionic Crosslinked Fibrous Material Production Process
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Carl Brent Smith, Mustafa Bilgen and Peter J. Hauser, all from Raleigh, N.C., have developed an ionic cross-linking of ionic cotton with small molecular weight anionic or cationic molecules. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Mexican Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bottle Top
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- John D. Stewart of Baja California Sur, Mexico, has developed an ornamental design for a bottle top, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,378 on April 4, 2006. The original application was ...
German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Deformation Element
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Matthias Herntier of Wurmberg, Germany, Roberto Oggianu of Leonberg, Germany, Tobias Posch of Pforzheim, Germany, Frank Sautter of Reutlingen, Germany, Jochen Eppele of Philippsburg, Germany, and Stephan Brausse of Eningen, Germany, have developed a deformation ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Carton
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Ivica Franic of Vienna, Austria, has developed an ornamental design for a carton, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,371 on April 4, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Elopak Systems AG, ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Spatula
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Walter M. Solic and Frank Bacic, both of Ontario, Canada, have developed an ornamental design for a spatula, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D540,129 on April 10. The original application ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Textile Dyeing Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Harrie Peter Schoots of Haverhill, Mass., has developed a method for dyeing textiles with reducible dyes in the presence of borohydride and bisulfite, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,201,780 on April ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Air Cleaner
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Ho Seon Choi of Seoul, South Korea, and Ju-Yeon Lee of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have developed an air cleaner and method of controlling an operation of the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The air cleaner includes a cabinet having ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Masayuki Aoyagi of Ohhara, Japan, and Yasushi Morika of Mobara, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light-emitting elements can be accurately directly opposed to the entrance surface of ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ink-Jet Printhead Temperature Controlling Apparatus
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Young-jae Kim of Anyang-si, South Korea, Keon Kuk of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Yong-soo Oh of Seongnam-si, South Korea, have developed an apparatus for controlling a temperature of an ink-jet printhead. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S ....
California Inventor Develops Data Processing System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Michael J. Gormish of Los Altos, Calif., has developed a resolution reduction technique for displaying documents on a monitor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of generating an output image having a lower resolution than that of ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Fuel Processing System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- David J. Edlund of Bend, Ore., has developed an improved feedstock for fuel processing systems, and fuel processing systems that incorporate the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fuel processing system includes a fuel processor ...
German Inventor Develops Aircraft Passenger Seat
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Oliver Schweizer of Lindenberg, Geramny, has developed an aircraft passenger seat having seat components such as a back rest and a seat component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger seat, an aircraft passenger seat in ...
German Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Body Roof Module
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Alfred Losch of Tholey Hasborn, Germany, has developed a roof module for a motor vehicle body that includes a reinforcing frame and a roof panel that is fastened thereto. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reinforcing frame can be ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Output Apparatus
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Shoji Ihara of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an an information output apparatus which allows the user to accurately identify the uneven shape of an object surface via visual sense and tactile sense. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This ...
U.S., Malaysian Inventors Develop Dual Band Operation Antenna Apparatus
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Sooliam L. Ooi, Nereydo T. Contreras and Christos Kontogeorgakis, all from Plantation, Fla., and Boon Ping Koh of Petaling Java, Malaysia, have developed dual band antennas that are used in portable communication devices. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Continuously Variable Planetary Gear Set
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Donald C. Miller of Fallbrook, Calif., David J. Allen of Santa Cruz, Calif., Jeffrey A. Birchak of San Diego, and Robert A. Smithson of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a continuously variable planetary gear set. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Voice Encoding Apparatus
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Hirohisa Tasaki of Tokyo has developed a speech encoding method of encoding an input speech for each of given length sections which are called frames. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In order to achieve ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Display Screen
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Rudy M. Vican of Oxford, Mich., has developed a display unit for a motor vehicle that comprises a screen and a guide member defining an arced track. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The screen is movable with respect to the arced track ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Seat Assembly
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Nizar Freijy of Oxford, Mich., has developed a vehicle seat assembly with a biased headrest. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "vehicle seat assembly including a lower seat cushion supported by the vehicle and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Lock Mechanism
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Yasuhiro Uchida of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a lock mechanism, and an external apparatus and an image forming apparatus provided with the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism is provided with a lock member moved ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Continuously Variable Planetary Gear Set
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Donald C. Miller of Fallbrook, Calif., David J. Allen of Santa Cruz, Calif., Jeffrey A. Birchak of San Diego, and Robert A. Smithson of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a continuously variable planetary gear set. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New Jersey, New York Inventors Develop Bone Tendon Bone Assembly
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Anton J. Steiner of Wharton, N.J., and Arthur A. Gertzman of Stony Point, N.Y., have developed a bone tendon bone assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed toward a bone block, a bone-tendon-bone assembly and ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Poly(Perfluorovinyl Ether) Homopolymer Dispersion Preparation Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Lian S. Tan, Richard S. Buckanin and E. Steven McAlister, all from Woodbury, Minn., have developed dispersions containing perfluorovinyl ether homopolymers and use thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Embolic Coil Retrieving Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Roberto Diaz of Miami, and Vladimir Mitelberg of Aventura, Fla., have developed a method and a device for retrieving embolic coils which are used for treating an aneurysm of a patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method comprises ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Cargo Area Storage Assembly
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Brian J. Reynolds of Oxford, Mich., Bruce Higgins of South Lyon, Mich., and Stephen Hawkins of Ypsilanti, Mich., have developed a storage assembly for a vehicle cargo area. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle storage assembly for a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Advertisement Appending System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Yutaka Hasegawa of Shizuioka-Ken, Japan, has developed an advertisement appending system for appending an advertisement to a music card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An advertisement appending apparatus comprises a storage device that ...
German Inventors Develop Multilayer Laminate Fabrication Method
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Werner Groh and Jo Lehnert, both of Schwabmunchen, Germany, and Michael Schops of Grossaitingen, Germany, have developed a method of fabricating multilayer laminates made of at least one non-woven layer of inorganic staple fibers. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New York, Minnesota Inventors Develop Diagnostic Images Viewing Device
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Roger S. Kerr of Brockport, N.Y., Timothy J. Tredwell of Fairport, N.Y., Badhri Narayan of Rochester, N.Y., Sujatha Ramanujan of Pittsford, N.Y., Eric J. Donaldson of St. Paul, Minn., and Sarat K. Mohapatra of Woodbury, Minn., have developed a viewing device and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Message Exchanging System
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Tai Yasue of Osaka, Japan, has developed a message exchange system that includes a server system, a support center and client systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The server system distributes message information and stores a ...
New York Inventor Develops Distributed Communication Network
Apr 13, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Jackson Lum of Roslyn, N.Y., has developed a distributed computer network suitable for use with a point-of-sale system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distributed network is for use with a general purpose computer having a ...