US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, April 19:
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Semiconductor Structures Formation Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Eugene A. Fitzgerald of Windham, N.H., and Arthur J. Pitera of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a method and a structure for forming semiconductor structures using tensilely strained gettering layers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Solar Lamp
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Chi-Gon Chen of Guangzhou, China, has developed an ornamental design for a solar lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,970 on April 17. The original application was filed on Sept. 23, ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Connecting Element for Sheet Piles
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Richard Heindl of Munich, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a connecting element for sheet piles, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,661 on April 17. The patent has been ...
Spanish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wall Plate
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Joaquin Aubert Capella of Barcelona, Spain, has developed an ornamental design for a wall plate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,654 on April 17. The patent has been assigned to Simon SA, ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Intranasal Delivery System
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Steven J. Penner of Broomfield, Colo., and Randal W. Sebring of Fort Collins, Colo., have developed an apparatus and methods of delivering various compositions including medicaments to a variety of targets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Contemporary Hook
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- George Schmidt of Douglaston, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a contemporary hook, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,659 on April 17. The patent has been assigned to MSA ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for W Foot Anchor
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Rens Hansort of Napperville, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a w foot anchor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,657 on April 17. The patent has been assigned to Universal Form ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cover Plate for Wall Mounting Electrical Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Fabrizio Fabrizi of Bergamo, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a cover plate for wall mounting electrical apparatus, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,655 on April 17. The patent ...
California, Maryland Inventors Develop Surgical Fluid Management System with Suction Control
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Christopher R. Clare of Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Steve Griffiths of Ellicott City, Md., have developed a device that is used to infuse and remove fluids from the body of a patient during a surgical procedure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Insulin Infusion Systems
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Mark C. Estes of Simi Valley, Calif., Leif N. Bowman of Burbank, Calif., Denetta Malave of Valencia, Calif., and Cary Dean Talbot of Saugus, Calif., have developed systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a ...
British Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Mounting Arm
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Raymond Worrall, Mark Short and Kenneth Gary Nicholls, all from West Midlands, Great Britain, have developed an ornamental design for a mounting arm, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D540,658 on April ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cord Lock
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- John S. Pontaoe of Chicago has developed an ornamental design for a cord lock, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,662 on April 17. The patent has been assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Digital Wire Wall Plate
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- O. Bradley Corbin of St. Charles, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a digital wire wall plate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D540,656 on April 17. The original application was ...
California Inventors Develop Wireless Communications Network Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Alex M. Gernert of Cupertino, Calif., and Daniel L. Scheve of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of communication in a wireless communications network when a mobile computer terminal may be unreachable. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cat-Shaped Pillow Case
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Karen Sue Keller of Seattle has developed an ornamental design for a cat-shaped pillow case, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,792 on May 30, 2006. The original application was filed on Dec ....
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Window Blind Tilt Actuator
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Steven W. Spence of Butler, Pa., has developed an ornamental design for a window blind tilt actuator, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,791 on May 30, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Pre-Packaged Pill Dispenser
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Marvin R. Richardson of Wayzata, Minn., and John Brady of Prior Lake, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a pre-packaged pill dispenser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D540,664 on April ...
Louisiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shoe with Snake
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Tyrone Miller Jr. of New Orleans has developed an ornamental design for a shoe with snake, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D520,717 on May 16, 2006. The original application was filed on March ...
VOLUNTEER NAVY NURSES SERVE AS SKYWAY ANGELS
Apr 19, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an angel as an attendant spirit or guardian.In famous art, artists often depicted angels as human-like beings, with white robes and wings, serving as transporters of messages from other ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Phacoemulsification Needle
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Takayuki Akahoshi of Tokyo has developed a phacoemulsification needle for removing a cataract from an eye. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The phacoemulsification needle according to the invention comprises a shaft, a tip disposed at a ...
California Inventors Develop Optical Switching Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Lawrence C. Gunn III of Altadena, Calif., has developed a method for controlling the propagation of photons through semiconductor structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The index of refraction of waveguide structures can be varied ...
Utah Inventors Develop Lightweight Custom-Molded Orthopedic Appliance
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Russ Toronto and Tom Toronto, both of Salt Lake City, have developed an apparatus and a method for creating and using a lightweight custom-molded orthopedic appliance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The orthopedic appliance is made up ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Personal Data Storage Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 --William P. Alberth Jr. of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Michael Kotzin of Buffalo Grove, Ill., have developed a smart card with back up. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Smart card security is enhanced by making the smart card a two-piece ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Power Converter Noise Reduction Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Wilhelmus Hinderikus Maria Langeslag and Joan Wichard Strijker both of Nijmegen, Netherlands, have developed a control device for switching a power converter for reducing audible noise. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter ...
Minnesota, Florida Inventors Develop Multiprocessor Computer System
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Hans Christian Mikkelsen and Peter John Hancock, both of Afton, Minn., John Carter of Lakeville, Minn., Michael F. Stanton of Lino Lakes, Minn., James W. Willen of Shoreview, Minn., and Robert Morris of Fort Walton, Fla., have developed a computer operating system ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Prosthesis with Reduced Contact Friction
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Mark Stefan Besselink of Enschede, Netherlands, Nicolaas Gerardus Adrianus Van Leerdam of Hengelo, Netherlands, and Jurrie Van Der Woude of Almelo, Netherlands, have developed a prosthesis or an orthosis, for the purpose of replacing respectively supporting the ...
California Inventor Develops Data Packets Selectively Routing System
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Kwoktung B. Lo of San Jose, Calif., has developed a system and a method for selectively bridging and routing data packets between multiple networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method to permit ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Data Service System
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Anna Maria Zara of Menlo Park, Calif., Preeti N Bhoj of Cupertino, Calif., and Srinivas Ramanathan of Chennai, India, have developed a data service system that includes a server system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The server system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pyromellitic Acid Production Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Tatsuyuki Kumano, Seiji Adachi and Hiroshi Ogawa, all from Okayama, Japan, have developed a production method of pyromellitic acid and pyromellitic anhydride. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of producing pyromellitic acid by ...
Italian Inventor Develops Human Lower Limbs Protection Guard Structure
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Yann Berger of Asolo, Italy, has developed a removable structure that is adapted to be applied on to the lower limbs of a user, for the protection thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "guard structure for ...
Georgia, Ohio Inventors Develop Electrostatically Tiltable Mirror Array
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Narayanan Rajan and Jay S. Mitchell, both of Atlanta, Chien Hung Wu of Parma Heights, Ohio, and Lucy Huang of Solon, Ohio, have developed an array of electrostatically tiltable mirrors that are formed in a micro electromechanical systems structure. According ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Substrate Miniature Movable Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Yoshichika Kato of Tachikawa, Japan, Keiichi Mori of Tokyo, Satoshi Yoshida of Tama, Japan, Osamu Imaki of Hachioji, Japan, Yoshihiko Hamada of Akiruno, Japan, and Kenji Kondou of Chofu, Japan, have developed a miniature movable device that includes a movable part ...
British Inventors Develop Data Embedding Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Jonathan James Stone and Stephen Mark Keating, both of Reading, Great Britain, have developed a method of embedding data in a material to produce a marked copy of the material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of embedding data ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Computer Storage Resources Monitoring System
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Justin Bendich and W. Scott McCullough, both of Wheaton, Ill., Steven M. Corrigan of Lombard, Ill., Stephen C. Donovan of Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Edward M. McCrickard of Winfield, Ill., have developed a method for monitoring of storage resources used by computer ...
German Inventors Develop Vinyl Acetate Preparation Process
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Bernd Rinne, Johann Stamm and Berthold Nuber, all from Frankfurt, Germany, and Stefan Hess of Gross-Gerau, Germany, have developed a process for preparing vinyl acetate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Bidirectional Optical Communication Optical Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Isao Tsuyama of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a small sized optical apparatus for bidirectional optical communication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to provide a small sized optical apparatus, with ...
New York Inventors Develop Induction Heated Fuser Making Process
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- David H. Pan and Donald M. Bott, both of Rochester, N.Y., Gerald A. Domoto of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Jeremy C. De Jong of Webster, N.Y., and Nicholas P. Kladias of Flushing, N.Y., have developed fuser or fixing members, and processes for making such fuser and fixing ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrophotography Fixing Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Osamu Takagi and Satoshi Kinouchi, both of Tokyo-To, Japan, have developed a fixing device using induction heating for causing alternating current to pass through an electromagnetic induction coil. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
New York Inventors Develop Digital Image Sequence Watermark Signal Extraction Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Gabriel Fielding and Paul W. Jones, both of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a system and a method for extracting a watermark signal in a digital image sequence. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Laser Tool
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- David A. Kattar of West Bend, Wis., has developed a laser tool that is useful in measuring an angle and for projecting a laser line onto a surface at a predetermined angle from the longitudinal axis of the laser tool. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Insulating Interlayer Structure Formation Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Yoon-Hae Kim of Sungnam-si, South Korea, Kyung-Tae Lee of Gawcheon-si, South Korea, and Yong-Jun Lee of Gunpo-si, South Korea, have developed a method of forming an insulating structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Speaker
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Osamu Funahashi of Takatsuki, Japan, and Hiroyuki Morimoto of Mie, Japan, have developed a speaker that has a diaphragm and a suspension holder supporting the diaphragm from the back surface of the diaphragm. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Distributed System Processing Components Coupling Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Petre Dini, Andrew G. Harvey, Cosmin Dini and Manuela Popescu, all from San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for adaptively coupling processing components in a distributed system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a ...
THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION SIGNS ON AS LARGEST PARTNER OF GREENER ATLANTA INITIATIVE
Apr 19, 2007 ... The city of Atlanta issued the following press release: Mayor Shirley Franklin today announced The Home Depot Foundation's commitment to support the City's "Greener Atlanta" environmental initiative. Through a $50,000 donation, The Home Depot Foundation is the largest partner supporting ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Devices Processing Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Noriaki Fukiage of Tsukui-gun, Japan, has developed a processing apparatus and a cleaning method for electronic devices in which an efficient cleaning is possible. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a chamber, a fluorinated silicon ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Automotive Vehicle Heater
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Shaun Howick of Windsor, Calif., has developed a heater for an automotive vehicle and a method of forming same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a heater for an automotive vehicle or other article of manufacture. The ...
South Carolina, North Carolina Inventors Develop Plasmon-Photon Coupled Optical Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- John Ballato of Clemson, S.C., Jeffrey R. Dimaio of Seneca, S.C., and David L. Carroll of Winston-Salem, N.C., have developed plasmon-photon coupled optical devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Electro-Dynamic Loudspeaker
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Steven W. Hutt of Bloomington, Ind., John F. Steere of Martinsville, Ind., David B. Garner of Indianapolis, and Louis A. Mango of Trafalgar, Ind., have developed an electro-dynamic loudspeaker that includes a frame, a plurality of magnets and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Processor Low Power Consumption Technology
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Masaaki Kuranuki of Kyoto, Japan, has developed a low power consumption technology in a processor with a low power consumption operation mode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor capable of reducing power consumption of an ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Computer System Resource Access Control Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Dirk Alan Banning and Jeffrey A. Fromherz, both of Harrisburgh, Pa., and John Raymond McLaughlin and Paul L. Snyder, both of Mechanicsburg, Pa., have developed a method, a system and a program product for monitoring and controlling access to a computer system ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Data Storage Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Diana J. Hellman and Mark E. Dean, both of Tucson, Ariz., have developed a data storage device for recording to magnetic thread. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device for recording to and reading from magnetic thread ...
California Inventors Develop Computing in Networked Environment Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Abhay K. Gupta of Milpitas, Calif., and Alejandro Abdelnur of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed an architecture and an environment for computing and applications executing therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Dispersion Compensating Waveguide Circuit
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- David T. Neilson of Old Bridge, N.J., has developed a dispersion compensator with relatively uniform transmission characteristics over the bandwidth of a communication channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compensator is designed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Switching Element
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Takehito Hikichi and Hideo Kobayashi, both of Ebina, Japan, have developed an optically addressed type display medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an optical switching element and a device, an optically ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Diffusion Barrier Layer Formation Method
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Ramanath Ganapathiraman and Shyam P. Murarka, both of Clifton Park, N.Y., Kaushik Chanda of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Ahila Krishnamoorthy of Virugambakkam, India, have developed diffusion barriers comprising a self-assembled monolayer. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Chiharu Koshio, Kimio Amemiya, Toshihiro Komaki, Hitoshi Taniguchi, Tatsuro Sakai and Kosuke Masuda, all from Yamanashi-ken, Japan, have developed a surface discharge type alternating current-driven plasma display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hand-Held Massaging Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Takeshi Yano of Kyoto, Japan, and Yuichi Nishibori of Hikone, Japan, have developed a massaging apparatus that enables to cause chopped-like sensation by solenoid control as well as local massaging. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Nevada Inventor Develops Heated Food Serving Apparatus
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- N. Kay Goulet of North Las Vegas, Nev., has developed a heated food serving apparatus and a method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus for both heating and serving food has both an ...
Italian Inventor Develops Plastic Material Moulding Heater
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Piero Enrietti of Donnas (Aosta), Italy, has developed a combined heater and heat diffuser for an injection nozzle for the moulding of plastics materials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "combined heater and ...
California Inventors Develop Thread-Safe Portable Management Interface
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Sai V. Allavarpu of Pleasanton, Calif., Rajeev Angal of San Jose, Calif., and Anand J. Bhalerao of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a system and a method for using a management interface such as portable management interface (PMI) in a thread-safe and efficient ...
Australian Inventors Develop Under Pressure Gas Supplying Mask
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Paul Wilkie and Colin Sullivan, both of New South Wales, Australia, have developed a mask for supplying gas under pressure to the nasal airway of a human. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mask for supplying gas under pressure to the ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop level with Magnets Positioning Structure
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Tho Tran of West Hartford, Conn., and Joseph Martone of Bristol, Conn., have developed an improved level incorporating, among other things, a structure for the positioning of magnets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fiber Grating Type Filter
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Shinji Ishikawa, Toshiki Taru, Masakazu Shigehara and Masaki Ohmura, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a optical fiber and a fiber grating type filter for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electro-Optical Device
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Isao Adachi of Suwa, Japan, has developed an electro-optical device and an electronic equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an electro-optical device which displays image of high quality without forming poorly ...
Michigan Inventors Develop In-Sink Dishwasher User Interface
Apr 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- John M. DeBoer and Jeff M. Borah, both of St. Joseph, Mich., and Randall K. Statzer of Benton Harbor, Mich., have developed a dish-cleaning appliance that comprises a sink with a bowl defining a wash chamber with an open top for providing access to the wash ...