US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, May 15:
Danish Inventor Develops Barnacle Attack Prevention Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Jimmy Skov Oddersborg of Svendborg, Denmark, has developed a method for the prevention of barnacle attacks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for impregnating wooden items, in particular poles situated in marine environment against ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Disk
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Jai-young Kim of Yongin, South Korea, has developed a perpendicular magnetic recording disk. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The perpendicular magnetic recording disk includes an underlayer between a substrate and a perpendicular magnetic ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Solvent Selection Process
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Charles R. Szmanda of Westborough, Mass., Kathleen B. Spear-Alfonso of Hudson, Mass., and Lujia Bu of Shrewsbury, Mass., have developed a process for selecting solvents for forming films of ferroelectric polymers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Carbon Fiber Aggregate Production Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Teigo Sakakibara and Yoichi Hirose, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method of producing carbon fiber aggregate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an aggregate of hollow or solid carbon fibers is provided, ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Ham Production Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Deanna M. Peters of Alpharetta, Ga., has developed a ham product and method for production thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ham product and method for production thereof described herein separate bone-in hams into smaller pieces ....
BERKELEY NANOTECHNOLOGY PIONEER TO RECEIVE $500,000 WATERMAN AWARD
May 15, 2007 ... The National Science Foundation issued the following press release: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen Peidong Yang, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, to receive the 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award. A nanotechnology expert, Yang has pioneered research on ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Watch Case
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Zhe Yi Tang of Hunan Province, China, has developed an ornamental design for a watch case, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,394 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to New Heritage ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Can
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Alexander Christ of Cologne, Germany, Guido Endert of Leichlingen, Germany, and Horst Wergen of Wuppertal, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a can, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Decorative Gift Bag
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Rochelle M. Pernell of Fairfield, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a decorative gift bag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,393 on May 23, 2006. The original application was ...
New York, Oregon Inventors Develop Wear Resistant Fluoropolymer
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Patrick J. Finn of Webster, N.Y., and Dennis M. Dudek of Amity, Ore., have developed a wear resistant fluoropolymer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fluoroelastomer loaded with an inorganic filler which is coupled to the ...
Danish Inventors Develop Piston Compressor Cylinder Head Arrangement
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Peter Froeslev of Sydals, Denmark, and Frank Iversen Holm of Padborg, Denmark, have developed a cylinder head arrangement for a piston compressor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cylinder head arrangement for a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kikuo Andoh of Odawara, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,391 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co ....
Indiana Inventors Develop Low Emissions Internal Combustion Engine
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Donald W. Stanton, Randall L. Zehr, Wayne A. Eckerle and Francois Ntone, all from Columbus, Ind., have developed an improved engine capable of minimizing emissions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine is provided which includes ...
British Inventors Develop Vacuum Pump Static Seal Device Protection Assembly
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Peter Hugh Birch of Horsham, Great Britain, David Alan Turrell of Burgess Hill, Great Britain, Malcolm William Gray of Crawley, Great Britain, and Neil Turner of Godalming, Great Britain, have developed a seal assembly for the protection of a static seal device for use ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Heat-Peelable Adhesive Sheet
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kazuyuki Kiuchi, Toshiyuki Oshima, Akihisa Murata and Yukio Arimitsu, all from Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat-peelable adhesive sheet which shows ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Watch
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Hedi Slimane of Paris has developed an ornamental design for a watch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,395 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Christian Dior Coture SA, ...
Michigan, Kentucky Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container Lid
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Robert Michael Gross and Daniel Aaro, both of Midland, Mich., Glenn Josef White and Susan Elizabeth Thomas, both of Louisville, Ky., and Jason Matthew Osentoski of Gladwin, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a container lid, the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Metallic Separator
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Masao Utsunomiya, Makoto Tsuji, Takashi Kuwayama and Teruyuki Ohtani, all from Wako, Japan, have developed a metallic separator for fuel cell and production method for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic separator for a ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Paul Priestman of London has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,386 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Boots Co. PLC, Nottingham, ...
New Mexico Inventors Develop Fuel Cell Stack
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- John C. Ramsey and Mahlon S. Wilson, both of Los Alamos, N.M., have developed a stack of direct methanol fuel cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a fuel cell stack including at least one direct methanol fuel ...
Yugoslavian Inventors Develop Engines Rotary Mechanical Field Assembly
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Tihomir Sic and Miladin Vidakovic, both of Serbia-Montenegro, Yugoslavia, have developed a rotary mechanical field assembly in which linear force is transferred into rotational energy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine having a ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Printer Ink Supply System with Viscosity Control
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Danny R. Hessert and Richard H. Schulz, both of Carol Stream, Ill., and Tracy E. Kucaba of South Elgin, Ill., have developed a system of ink supply with viscosity control for a printing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink supply ...
Florida Inventor Develops Flair-up Resistant Front Loading Roasting System
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Carter Tyndall of Crystal River, Fla., has developed a flair-up resistant front loading roasting system for roasting large quantities safely with a reduced potential for grease induced flair-ups during cooking. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Cooking Time Reducing Cooking Apparatus
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Seong-Deog Jang and Han-Seong Kang, both of Suwon, South Korea, Dae-Sung Han and Joo-Yeong Yeo, both of Hwasung, South Korea, Chul Kim of Yongin, South Korea, Yong-Woon Han of Kunpo, South Korea, and Kyung-Hee Hahm of Seoul, South Korea, and have developed a cooking ...
U.S., Hong Kong Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Jigsaw
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Thomas M. Parel of Anderson, S.C., and Kam Kee Wong of Kowloon, Hong Kong, have developed an ornamental design for a jigsaw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D521,335 on May 23, 2006. The patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Elastic Member Compressing, Binding Device
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Naoki Minamoto of Toyota, Japan, Toru Kawabe of Anjo, Japan, Tomoharu Iwata of Kariya, Japan, and Takeyuki Hayakawa of Nishio, Japan, have developed a compressing and binding device for compressing and binding an elastic member. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kikuo Andoh of Odawara, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,390 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co ....
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Alloyed Corkscrew
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kwok Leung Yu of Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for an alloyed corkscrew, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,333 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Ko ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pneumatic Tool
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Lung-Pao Chen of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a pneumatic tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,334 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Sunmatch ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Functionalized Fluorescent Nanocrystal Probe
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Imad Naasani of Columbus, Ohio, has developed a functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal probe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for detection apparatus with functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions ...
North Carolina, Italian Inventors Develop Blended Yarn
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Nathaniel Kolmes and Christopher Eric Pritchard, both of Hickory, N.C., and Mario Mussinelli of Adrara San Martino, Italy, have developed a high performance fiber blend and products made therefrom. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blended yarn is ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Plastic Containers Digital Images Printing Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Ronald L. Uptergrove of Canton, Mich., has developed a method for printing digital images on plastic containers with curved surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for printing digital images on plastic ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Paul Priestman of London has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,385 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Boots Co. PLC, Great ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pneumatic Tool
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Lung-Pao Chen of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a pneumatic tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,339 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
Australian Inventors Develop Wallpaper Printing Franchise Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King and Janette Faye Lee, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed a method for operating a wallpaper printing franchise. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Franchising an on-demand wallpaper printing business ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kikuo Andoh of Odawara, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,389 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co ....
Hong Kong, German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Hammer Drill
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Benson Chun Kit Cheung and Daniel Alex Chunn, both of Kowloon, Hong Kong, and Frank Lenz of Berlin, have developed an ornamental design for a hammer drill, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D521,337 on ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Paul Priestman of London has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,384 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Boots Co., Nottingham, Great ...
Italian Inventor Develops Cosmetic Composition Against Skin Aging
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Francesco Di Pierro of Milan, Italy, has developed a pharmaceutical and cosmetic composition against skin aging. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions for the prevention of skin ...
Washington Inventors Develop Boats Stabilizing Systems
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- William L. Hickok of Bellingham, Wash., Michael A. Baker of Burlington, Wash., Mark R. Morgan of Lynden, Wash., and Richard M Benson of Ferndale, Wash., have developed a fin stabilizer to reduce roll for boats in turns method and an apparatus. According to the ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Impact Drill
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Chung Ka Wai of Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for an impact drill, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,338 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Eastway Fair ...
German Inventors Develop Fuel Cell Starting Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Stefan Boneberg of Beuren, Germany, Manfred Strohmaier of Ohmden, Germany, and Erik Theis of Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, Germany, have developed a method for electrically starting up a fuel cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is used ...
German Inventors Develop Rotary Offset Printing Machine with Printing Unit Cylinder
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Karl Robert Schafer of Rimpar, Germany, and Kurt Johannes Weschenfelder of Main, Germany, have developed a cylinder pair with a plurality of printing formes and blankets and offset groove openings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Circular Saw
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Ping Hay Heun of Aberdeen, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a circular saw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,336 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Choon Nang ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Kikuo Andoh of Odawara, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D521,388 on May 23, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co ....
Michigan Inventors Develop Relative Displacement Measuring Apparatus
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Shaotang Chen and Bruno Lequesne, both of Troy, Mich., Thaddeus Schroeder of Rochester Hills, Mich., Avoki M Omekanda of Rochester, Mich., Thomas W Nehl of Shelby Township, Mich., and Mohammad S Islam of Saginaw, Mich., have developed an apparatus that measures ...
German Inventor Develops Guide Section with Toothed Rack
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Rudolf Reitberger of Munich, Germany, has developed a guide section for axial guidance of a slide for a power tool with an axial toothed rack for longitudinal feed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "guide section ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automatic Circuit Design Apparatus
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Takeshi Kitahara, Masaaki Yamada, Naoyuki Kawabe and Masahiro Kanazawa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Katsuhiro Seta and Toshiyuki Furusawa, both of Tokyo, have developed a design technology of semiconductor integrated circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventors Develop Automatic Transmission Shifting Device
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Andreas Giefer of Lemforde, Germany, and Jo Meyer of Wagenfeld, Germany, have developed a shifting device for an automatic transmission and which has an additional manual shifting function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Image Features Analysis Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Adam Rousselle and Olavi Kelle, both of Doylestown, Pa., Vesa Leppanen and David McCrystal, both of Chalfont, Pa., and Robert Pliszka of Sellersville, Pa., have developed a method for classifying and analyzing a digital image containing aggregate and individual ...
California, New Mexico Inventors Develop Hardware System Integrating Interface
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- L. James Hwang of Menlo Park, Calif., and Reno L. Sanchez of Albuquerque, N.M., have developed a method and a system for integrating cores for customizing field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based system-on-chips (SoCs). According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Diaphragm Type Load Detection Sensor
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Takao Tsutaya of Shiroi, Japan, has developed a diaphragm type load detection sensor, load detection unit and an electronic scale using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a diaphragm type load detection sensor, ...
German Inventors Develop Toothed Rack Steering Gear
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Frank Odenthal of Leverkusen, Germany, Frank Peter Engels of Solingen, Germany, and Dirk Sickert of Bruehl, Germany, have developed a toothed rack steering gear that has an adjusting nut and a housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Twin-Clutch Transmission System
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Hitoshi Akutagawa of Hiroshima, Japan, has developed a system for twin-clutch transmission. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Since the first-speed-ratio counter gear is carried by the first countershaft, the second countershaft carries ...
German Inventors Develop Ball Screw Drive
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Gunter Hartig, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus and Ralf Mayer, all from Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Jurgen Osterlanger of Emskirchen, Germany, have developed a ball screw drive which comprises a spindle nut that can be disposed on a spindle. An abstract of the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Shiro Fujieda of Otokuni-gun, Japan, Toshihiko Matsumoto of Kyoto, Japan, and Yuji Suzuki of Ayabe, Japan, have developed an image processing method for detecting a linear object on a gray-scale image. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Shape Variation Descriptor Extraction Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Whoi-Yul Kim, Min-Seok Choi and Young-Min Kong, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method for extracting a shape variation descriptor from image sequence data for content-based image retrieval. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board Layer Estimation Device
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Takahiro Yaguchi and Seishi Eya, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a device for estimating number of board layers constituting board, a system including the device, and a method for estimating the same and a program for executing the method. According to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Shinichiro Ohshige of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device, a routing method and a manufacturing method of semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A routing method of a semiconductor device includes steps (a) ...
California Inventors Develop Single Cup Pod Beverage Brewer
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Patrick J. Rolfes of Corona Del Mar, Calif., and Paul E. Rolfes of Newport Beach, Calif., have developed a single cup pod beverage brewer for automatically brewing coffee or tea one cup at a time utilizing a pod. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Video Thumbnail Generation Method
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Dong Zhang, Yijin Wang and Hong-Jiang Zhang, all from Beijing, have developed a method of generating a video thumbnail that represents the salient content of a video sequence. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An algorithm identifies a ...
Belgian, Greek Inventors Develop Resource Activity Aware System
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Hua Wang and Jin Guo, both of Leuven, Belgium, Miguel Miranda of Kessel-Lo, Belgium, Francky Catthoor of Temse, Belgium, and Antonis Papanikolaou of Athens, Greece, have developed a method of determining an optimized resource interconnection pattern within an ...
New York Inventors Develop Digital Image Processing System
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Jiebo Luo and Robert T. Gray, both of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a digital image processing system and a method for automatically altering an image with pixels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image is segmented into regions and ...
Australian Inventor Develops Modular Explosives Cartridge
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Richard John Johnson of Dolphin Heads, Australia, has developed modular elongate explosives charges and in particular for use in overhead stope blasting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular explosives cartridge comprises a tubular ...
Texas, California, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Autonomous Robotic Crawler
May 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Fathi Hassan Ghorbel, James Bruster Dabney and Demetri Polychronis Spanos, all from Houston, J. Ryan Steger of Berkeley, Calif., Cliff Avery Thomas of Palo Altos, Calif., Betty Wingyi Seto of Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Nathan Christopher Lowry of Arlington, Mass., ...