US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, May 8:
Japanese Inventors Develop Sheet Conveying Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Teruo Deshimaru and Tomohisa Higuchi, both of Nagoya, Japan, have developed a sheet conveying device for use in an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying device includes a metal feed roller driven by a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Optical Communication Network
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Kumar Vijay Peddanarappagari and Emir Catovic, both of Plano, Texas, and Jamil Omar-Hatem El-Reedy of Allen, Texas, have developed a method for sharing of power level information to support optical communications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New York Inventor Develops Images Object Recognition System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Shin-yi Hsu of Vestal, N.Y., has developed a multi-cycle segmentation and multi-image layer system for encoding and recognizing objects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention features a method for identifying objects in an ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Exhaust Gas Cleaning Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Bilal Zuberi of Cambridge, Mass., has developed a method for removing particulate matter and carbon monoxide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for catalytically cleaning an exhaust gas, including receiving ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Solid Laser Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Tunehiro Sugimoto, Ichiro Fukushi, Naoya Ishigaki and Satoshi Irikuchi, all from Atsugi, Japan, Koji Tojo of Sagamihara, Japan, Kazuma Watanabe of Hatano, Japan, and Koji Inoue of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a solid laser apparatus which can effectively attenuate ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Anatomical Tissue Temperature Rise Measurement Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- T. Douglas Mast and Waseem Faidi, both of Cincinnati, have developed a method for measuring the temperature rise in anatomical tissue as a result of ultrasound treatment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first ultrasound signal is obtained ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Patient Treatment Strand
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Gary A. Lamoureux of Woodbury, Conn., has developed a treatment strand for insertion into a patient by using a needle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The strand includes an elongated member having first and second longitudinal ends, and a ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Synchronized Code Division Multiple Access Burst Receiver
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Naftali Sommer of Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel, Itay Lusky of Hod Hasharon, Israel, and Mor Miller of Ra'anana, Israel, have developed a method for signal characterization and mitigation in a synchronized code division multiple access (SCDMA) burst receiver. According ...
Mississippi Inventor Develops Soybean Variety 96M20
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- John D. Hicks of Greenville, Miss., has developed a novel soybean variety, designated 96M20. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the seeds of soybean variety 96M20, to the plants of soybean 96M20, to plant parts of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Plural Processors Electronic Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Akira Nakanishi of Ome, Japan, has developed an electronic apparatus that includes plural processors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus includes first and second processors which execute first and second operating ...
California Inventor Develops Therapeutic Agents Delivering Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Richard Mueller of Byron, Calif., has developed an apparatus and a method for delivering therapeutic and diagnostic agents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug-delivery tool and method for delivering a diagnostic or therapeutic agent to ...
Japanese, Dutch, Australian Inventors Develop Reclosable Packaging Bag Manufacturing Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Tooru Ichikawa of Misato, Japan, Kazunori Fujino of Suginami-ku, Japan, Raizo Kuge of Hanno, Japan, Masahiro Ito of Arakawa-ku, Japan, Hirokazu Suzuki of Shinjuku-ku, Japan, and Graham Houlder of Vlaardingen, Netherlands, and John S. K. Cheah of Epping, Australia, have ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Thin Film Transistor Substrate
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Jae-Gab Lee and Beom-Seok Cho, both of Seoul, South korea, Chang-Oh Jeong of Suwon, South Korea, Myung-Mo Sung of Goyang, South Korea, and Hee-Jung Yang of Namyangju, South Korea, have developed a thin film transistor substrate with superior adhesion ability and ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Buffer Cache Utilization Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Alexander H. Frey of Wayzata, Minn., and Keith E. Conner of Plymouth, Minn., have developed methods of and an apparatus for efficient buffer cache utilization. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Efficient buffer cache utilization frees a data ...
British Inventors Develop Communication Bus Write Response Signaling Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Antony John Harris of Sheffield, Great Britain, and Bruce James Mathewson of Cambridge, Great Britain, have developed a method of write response signalling within a communication bus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit is ...
Texas Inventor Develops Protocol Feature Communication Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Balasubramaniam Kulasekaran Thandu of Cedar Park, Texas, has developed a protocol feature communication method and a system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method defines a bit stream identifying each feature of a protocol version ....
Arizona Inventor Develops Vehicles Suspension Lift Brackets
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- John E. Auston Jr. of Phoenix has developed suspension lift brackets for off-road vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension lift mechanism is described for use with sport utility vehicles. Such sport utility vehicles have a ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Seeds of Corn Variety I082216
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Donn P. Cummings of Brownsburg, Ind., has developed plants and seeds of corn variety I082216. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I082216. The ...
California Inventor Develops Air Resistance Exercising Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Tessema Dosho Shifferaw of Albany, Calif., has developed an exercise device and method in which one or more generally planar blades with major surfaces are attached to the ends of an exercise bar. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bar is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printing System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Yoshiko Orito of Bisai, Japan, has developed a printing system that includes a printer and computers connected by an network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mail server is provided for transmitting notification data from the printer to ...
California Inventor Develops Digital Signals Layered Modulation Receiving Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Ernest C. Chen of San Pedro, Calif., has developedsignals, systems and methods for transmitting and receiving layered modulation for digital signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered signal for transmitting data, comprises a first ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Metal Oxide Production Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Lutz Madler and Sotiris E. Pratsinis, both of Zurich, Switzerland, and Wendelin J. Stark of Winterthur, Switzerland, have developed a method for the production of a metal oxide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method for the ...
California Inventor Develops Read-To-Write-Back Transactions Computer System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Robert E. Cypher of Saratoga, Calif., has developed a computer system that supports read-to-write-back transactions for input/output (I/O) devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A read-to-write-back transaction may allow I/O subsystems ...
District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Spread Spectrum Communication System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Travis H. Slocumb and Steve Carson, both of Washington, Daniel B. Kilfoyle of Falmouth, Mass., and Michael Potter of Annapolis, Md., have developed a method of reducing multiple access interference in the radio frequency communications path between the network base ...
California Inventor Develops Exercise Machine with Weight Selection Mechanism
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Guofang Cao of Diamond Bar, Calif., has developed an Exercise machine having full weight or half weight selection mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A exercise machine has a pulley for user's flexibility to choose between training ...
New York Inventor Develops Portable Exercising System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Oleg Soloviev of Staten Island, N.Y., has developed a portable exercise system for providing convenient weight training and an exercise equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The portable exercise system includes a main housing assembly ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Electric Scooter Steering Assembly Inclination Adjustment Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Yung-Hsin Chen and Tsung-Hsi Shih, both of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, have developed an inclination adjustment device for electric scooter steering assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment device for the steering assembly of an ...
California Inventors Develop First-In First-Out Memory Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Mario Au of Fremont, Calif., Jiann-Jeng Duh of San Jose, Calif., and Tze-yuan Fang of Campbell, Calif., have developed sequential flow-control and first-in first-out (FIFO) memory devices that are depth expandable in standard mode operation. According to the ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ergonomically Designed Stringed Instrument
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Jason D. Blake of Lake In The Hills, Ill., has developed an ergonomically designed stringed instrument which enhances the comfort and playability of the instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stringed instrument, such as a guitar, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Global Positioning System Receiving Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Katsuyuki Tanaka, Hideki Takahashi and Koichiro Teranishi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Jason Sanmiya and Masayuki Takada, both of Tokyo, have developed a global positioning system (GPS) receiving apparatus that includes a synchronous acquisition unit and a synchronous ...
Minnesota, Connecticut Inventors Develop Genetically Transforming Monocotyledonous Plants Reproducible Systems
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Ronald C. Lundouist of Minnetonka, Minn., Julie A. Kirihara of Bloomington, Minn., and David A. Walters of Groton, Conn., have developed methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed, fertile monocot plants and cells thereof. According to the ...
New York Inventor Develops Slider-Operated String-Zippered Bag Making Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Steven Ausnit of New York has developed a method and an apparatus for making slider-operated string-zippered bag with transverse application of zipper. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The method can be ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Waveform-Adaptive Ultra-Wideband Transmitter
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- J. Frederick Larrick of Silver Spring, Md., and Robert J. Fontana of Potomac, Md., have developed a waveform-adaptive ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter and noise-tracking UWB receiver for use in communications, object detection and radar applications. According ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Multi-Channel Light Source
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Seung-Woo Kim of Seoul, South Korea, Jeong-Seok Lee of Anyang-si, South Korea, In-Kuk Yun of Suwon-si, South Korea, Seong-Taek Hwang of Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea, have developed a light source applicable to an optical communication system based on wavelength division ...
Washington Inventors Develop Hazardous Material Melting Process
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Leo E. Thompson and Patrick S. Lowery, both of Kennewick, Wash., and Steven L. Woosley of Pasco, Wash., have developed a process for melting materials with hazardous and/or contaminated substances. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Patient's Body Vein Harvesting System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- David R. Knighton of Minneapolis, and Vance D. Fiegel of New Brighton, Minn., have developed a system and a method for harvesting a section of a blood vessel from a patient's body for further use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system ...
Washington, Oregon Inventors Develop Peer-To-Peer Transactions Transmission Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Kenneth C. Creta of Gig Harbor, Wash., Robert G. Blankenship of Tacoma, Wash., Sridhar Muthrasanallur of Tumwater, Wash., and Jasmin Ajanovic of Portland, Ore., have developed a method of transmitting peer-to-peer transactions through a coherent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Paper Feeder, Image Scanning Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Atsushi Fukumura of Kyoto, Japan, Toshihiro Kawamura of Uji, Japan, and Hirokazu Inoue of Nagaokakyo, Japan, have developed a paper feeder and an image scanning device that can reduce the cost and the size by a simple structure and that can feed papers ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Biological Fluids Separation Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Dennis Briggs of West Chester, Pa., Steve Gara of Collegeville, Pa., Tom Watters of Malvern, Pa., and Mike Hutchinson of King of Prussia, Pa., have developed an apparatus for the continuous separation of biological fluids into components and a method of using the ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Soybean Cultivar SG0850RR
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Drew R. Ivers of Webster City, Iowa, has developed a new and distinctive soybean cultivar, designated SG0850RR. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG0850RR, to the plants of soybean ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Transmitted Data Decoding Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- William H.Smith of Bethelehem, Pa., Koji O. Tanaka of Gilbertsville, Pa., and Shuzhan Xu of Coplay, Pa., have developed a turbo decoder employs maximum term or maximum term priori (MAP) decoding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbo ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Bicycles Integrated Front Fork Hinge, Brake System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Rodney J Trenne of Shelby Township, Mich., has developed a frame, a front fork hinge and a brake system for bicycles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle comprises a frame member and a front fork member. A first hinge portion is ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Motor Vehicle Wheel Front Face
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Kevin Fitzgerald of Long Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a motor vehicle wheel front face, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D515,492 on Feb. 21, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Article Support Rack/Stand
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Richard W. Hartger of Grand Rapids, Mich., and William W. Gallmeyer of Holland, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for the article support rack/stand, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D515,471 on Feb ....
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Trailer Rail
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Robert F. Rakow of Mequon, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a truck and trailer rail, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D515,496 on Feb. 21, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Victory Twin ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Outdoor Electric Receptacle
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Dominic K. Lee of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for an outdoor electric receptacle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D515,503 on Feb. 21, 2006. The original application was filed ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Article Support Rack/Stand
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Richard W. Hartger of Grand Rapids, Mich., and William W. Gallmeyer of Holland, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for the article support rack/stand, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D515,472 on Feb ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Automotive Vehicle Controlling Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Naoyuki Sakamoto of Okazaki, Japan, Yasunari Nakamura of Nagoya, Japan, and Masayasu Mizobuchi of Aichi-gun, Japan, have developed an apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle that includes an engine and an automatic transmission. An abstract of the ...
California Inventor Develops Mobile Radiocommunications Terminal
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Alex Krister Raith of San Diego has developed a mobile radiocommunications terminal that contains or is operatively connected to a position estimator, such as a global positioning system receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mobile ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Automobile Body Molding Kit
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Hironao Yokomaku of Tsukuba, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for an automobile body molding kit, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D515,486 on Feb. 21, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Minoru Hayasaki of Numazu, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus and an image communication apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving image information, a ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Improved Game of Blackjack Play Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Shenli Ko and Kenneth J. Brunelle, both of Las Vegas, Nev., have developed a method of playing a card game and specifically to the game of Blackjack or 21. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for playing an improved game of Blackjack ...
German Inventor Develops Optically Pumped Radiation-Emitting Semiconductor Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Tony Albrecht of Bad Abbach, Germany, has developed an optically pumped radiation-emitting semiconductor device and a method for producing it. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "optically pumped radiation-emitting ...
California Inventors Develop Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Mirror System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- C. Brent Dane and Lloyd Hackel, both of Livermore, Calif., and Fritz B. Harris of Rocklin, Calif., have developed a laser system, such as a master oscillator/power amplifier system, that comprises a gain medium and a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) mirror ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Stroller Direction-Limiting Device
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Yi-Cheng Tan of Tainan City, Taiwan, has developed a direction-limiting device for a stroller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direction-limiting device for a stroller includes a mounting seat, a wheel assembly, and a direction-limiting ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electric Connector
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Kouetsu Takaya and Toshikatsu Ogami, both of Saitama, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an electric connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D515,506 on Feb. 21, 2006. The patent has been ...
South Korean Inventors Develop User Equipment Data Rate Determination Method
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Sung-Ho Choi, Ju-Ho Lee and Youn-Hyoung Heo, all from Suwon-si, South Korea, and Yong-Jun Kwak of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed a method for determining data rate of user equipment that supports enhanced uplink dedicated channel (EUDCH) ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Suspension System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Toshiyuki Kobayashi of Toyota, Japan, has developed a vehicle suspension system of a motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle suspension system of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of suspension devices mounted on the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vehicular Drive System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Masato Fujioka of Wako, Japan, has developed a vehicular drive system in which a motor and a power transmission mechanism are connected via motor isolation means. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In a ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pre-Runner Truck Rack
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Ron D. Storer of Villa Park, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a pre-runner truck rack, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D515,495 on Feb. 21, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Xtreme Metal ...
British Inventors Develop Communication System
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Stephen John Barrett of Curridge, Great Britain, and Peter Legg of Wroughton, Great Britain, have developed a communication system that comprises a system management function for managing base-site resources and system throughput of data. According to the U.S ....
Ohio Inventor Develops Wheeled Tool Organizer with Vertical Tool Supports
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Edward G. Guirlinger of New Albany, Ohio, has developed portable tool boxes, chests, containers and organizers for storing, transporting and organizing sets of tools. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, the tool ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Brake Caliper Opening
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Manuel Barbosa of Novi, Mich., Sean C. Barrett of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Philip N.Jedele of Plymouth, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for an opening in a brake caliper, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
Ohio Inventor Develops Painting Accessory Cart
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Michael B. Puczkowski of Lakewood, Ohio, has developed an accessory cart that is adapted to hold any one of a plurality of conventional buckets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cart includes a base and a handle that is releasably ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Sporting Good Structure
May 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Sen-Mei Cheng of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a sporting good structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sporting good structure including a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached at four ...