US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, May 25:
Quintec Integration Wins $26,820 Contract
May 25, 2007 ... NORFOLK, Va., May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $26,820 contract to Quintec Integration Inc., Brookfield, Wis., for conveyor belts. The contract was awarded by DoD's U.S. Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Group 2, Norfolk, Va. For more ...
Firsthealth of the Carolinas Wins $135,254 Contract
May 25, 2007 ... HAMPTON, Va., May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $135,254 contract to Firsthealth of the Carolinas Inc., Pinehurst, N.C., for basic and advanced life support ambulance services for VA Medical Center, Fayetteville, N.C. The contract was awarded by VA ...
California, North Carolina Inventors Develop Array Assay Device
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Douglas G. Summers and Richard O. Hilson, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Lawrence R. Shea of Charlotte, N.C., have developed array assay devices and methods of using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject devices are ...
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Portable Pneumatic Compression Riveter
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- James R. Herod of Perry, Okla., has developed compression riveters, used to install solid rivets primarily but not limited to the aerospace industry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable pneumatic compression riveter consists of a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Press Work Transfer Apparatus
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Kiichirou Kawamoto of Komatsu, Japan, has developed a work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or between presses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or ...
German Inventors Develop Transdermal Therapeutic System
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Cornelia Beier and Ralf Kibele, both of Holzkirchen, Germany, have developed a transdermal therapeutic system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention concerns a cover layer that is impermeable to the active substances ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Sample Fluid Laminar Flow Positioning Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Mattias Tidare and Roos Hakan, both of Uppsala, Sweden, have developed a method of positioning a laminar flow of a sample fluid on a surface within a flow cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method comprises providing a laminar flow ...
Vacco Industries Wins $7.09 Million Delivery Order
May 25, 2007 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $7.09 million delivery order to Vacco Industries Inc., South El Monte, Calif., for anti-icing valve assemblies for the T-700 engine on the Black Hawk helicopter. The contract was awarded by the ...
RMR Wins $160.69 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... OMAHA, Neb., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $160.69 million contract to RMR, Joint Venture, Minot, N.D., for the replacement of family housing. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, Neb. Work will ...
Alliant Techsystems Wins $6 Million Contract Modification
May 25, 2007 ... PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $6 million contract modification to Alliant Techsystems, Plymouth, Minn., for 155mm, M549 system development and demonstration. The contract was awarded by the Army's Joint Munitions & ...
M.A. Mortenson Wins $32.78 Million Delivery Order
May 25, 2007 ... OMAHA, Neb., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $32.78 million delivery order to M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, for the design and construction of Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility buildings. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer ...
Hensel Phelps Construction Wins $56.47 Million Contract Increment
May 25, 2007 ... OMAHA, Neb., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $56.47 million contract increment to Hensel Phelps Construction, Greeley, Colo., for the design and construction of a Brigade Combat Team-Heavy complex. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer ...
HHI Wins $7.05 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 25 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $7.05 million contract to HHI Corp., Farmington, Utah, for the design and construction of an armament overhaul/test facility. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer District, ...
Texas Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Design Layout Synthesis Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Jeffrey B. Reed, James S. Blomgren, Donald W. Glowka, Timothy A. Olson and Thomas W. Rudwick, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a method to make an integrated circuit using a layout synthesis apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Belgian, Finnish Inventors Develop Propylene Polymer Resin
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Bert Broeders and Helge Grande, both of Heusden, Belgium, Marijke Verpoest of Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium, and Pirjo Jaaskelainen of Porvoo, Finland, have developed a propylene polymer resin with improved properties. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Discover Human E3 Alpha Ubiquitin Ligase Family
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Hui-Quan Han and Keith Kwak, both of Thousand Oaks, Calif., have discovered novel human E3 alpha ubiquitin ligase polypeptides. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide encoding a protein which ...
Washington Inventors Develop Dynamic Programming Language Execution Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Dario Russi and Peter F. Drayton, both of Redmond, Wash., and Erik Meijer of Mercer Island, Wash., have developed systems and methods that provides lightweight runtime code generation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Texas Inventor Develops Circuit Component Wiring Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Eiichi Makino of Round Rock, Texas, has developed systems and methods for arranging parallel wires to reduce the capacitance variations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, multiple first components arranged as a linear ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Protection Screw
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- John H. Lee and Angela J. Lee, both of Olathe, Kan., have developed an ornamental design for a protection screw for a vehicle license plate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D542,644 on May ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Acrylic Composition
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Swaminathan Ramesh of Canton, Mich., and Marvin L. Green of Brighton, Mich., have developed an acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acrylic composition includes the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Metal Tube Production Device
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Sigetomi Miyoshi and Takahiro Yamaguchi, both of Ibaraki, Japan, and Yuji Maeda of Hadano, Japan, have developed a novel aluminum tube of an oval cross section that has a wider range of applications and added values. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Processor Resource Monitor Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Gal Moas of K Byalik, Israel, and Orna Etzion of Haifa, Israel, have developed a method and an apparatus for stack emulation during binary translation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of monitoring ...
Dutch Inventors Discover Filamentous Fungi Cloning Expression Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink of Denmark, Netherlands, Gerardus Cornelis Maria Selten of Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands, and Johannes Petrus Theodorus Wilhelmus Van Den Hombergh of Meentweg, Netherlands, have a method for identification of deoxyribonucleic acid ...
Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Electroluminescent Conjugated Polymer
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Show-An Chen and Jin-long Liao, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Xiwen Chen and Yongmin Liang, both of Lanzhou, China, have developed an electroluminescent conjugated polymer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a new ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Nucleic Acid Detection Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Ken Inose of Kyoto, Japan, has developed a method for detecting target nucleic acid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target nucleic acid having a target sequence in a sample is detected according to the steps of: (a) mixing a first probe ...
California Inventors Develop Web Site Creation Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Joshua A. Jacobs, John F. Shiple, Bernard Luke Gallagher and Chris Kiernan, all from San Francisco, Christopher R. Miller of Oakland, Calif., Mahesh Tyagarajan of San Jose, Calif., and Kirt David Johnson of Pacifica, Calif., have developed an extensible data model for ...
California Inventors Develop Photocurable Pre-Ceramic Polymer Application
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Edward J. A. Pope of Oak Park, Calif., and Kenneth M. Kratsch of Idyllwild, Calif., have developed an application of photocurable pre-ceramic polymers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for synthesizing photocurable poly(ethynyl) ...
Japanese Inventors Develop High-Pressure Piping Part
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Shu Miyashita of Anjo, Japan, Masami Tanaka of Okazaki, Japan, Toshihiro Imai of Kani, Japan, and Hirofumi Muranaka of Kariya, Japan, have developed a high-pressure piping part that includes a body structure forged in a closed space. According to the U.S ....
Tennessee Inventor Develops Sulfonated Aliphatic-Aromatic Copolyester
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Richard Allen Hayes of Brentwood, Tenn., has developed sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters and shaped articles produced therefrom. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters and articles made ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Model-based Composable Code Generation Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- David V. Oglesby and Devesh Bhatt, both of Maple Grove, Minn., Kirk A. Schloegel of Independence, Minn., and Eric Engstrom of Shoreview, Minn., have developed a method of generating code in a model-based development environment. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Texas Inventors Develop Glaucoma Diagnosing Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Abbot F. Clark of Arlington, Texas, and Robert J. Wordinger of Euless, Texas, have developed methods for diagnosing glaucoma and for screening therapeutic agents for their usefulness in treating glaucoma, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
North Carolina Inventors Discover Single Retroviral Long Terminal Repeat Lentivirus Vector
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Tal Kafri of Carrboro, N.C., and Hong Ma of Morrisville, N.C., have discovered a single retroviral long terminal repeat (LTR) lentivirus vector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid ...
California Inventor Develops Programmable Device Operating Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Patrick Lysaght of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a method of operating a programmable device having a plurality of configuration memory cells and a processing core. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable device having a ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Corner Protector
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Michael D. Kovace of Doylestown, Pa., has developed an ornamental design for corner protector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D542,645 on May 15. The original application was filed on Feb. 7, ...
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Wins $13.04 Million Contract Modification
May 25, 2007 ... LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 25 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $13.04 million contract modification to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., for the high component engineering, manufacturing and development on the existing Space Based Infrared ...
Raytheon Wins $11.57 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $11.57 million contract to Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., for 70,590 engineering man-hour design agent engineering services for the MK-31 Rolling Airframe Missile guided missile weapon system, and associated efforts ....
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Wins $26.1 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, May 25 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $26.1 million contract to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory, San Jose, Calif., for U-2 Airborne Signal Intelligent Payload (ASIP) support equipment i.e., depot level spares, test ...
Compass Systems Wins $12.36 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... PATUXENT RIVER, Md., May 25 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $12.36 million contract to Compass Systems Inc., Lexington Park, Md., for the research and development for various command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting programs, sensors, ...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER GEAR UP OFFERS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR STUDENTS
May 25, 2007 ... The University of Texas at Tyler issued the following news release: Ninety-seven eighth graders from Boulter, Dogan and Stewart Middle Schools recently participated in an iLead Camp as a part of a Tyler GEAR UP leadership initiative for students, Dr. Peggy Gill, Tyler GEAR UP director at The ...
MOMENTS OF SILENCE: LEJEUNE MARINES REMEMBER FALLEN
May 25, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Units with II Marine Expeditionary Force and 2nd Marine Division honored fallen Marines during memorial ceremonies at the base Protestant Chapel, here, May 21-24, to remember the Marines' lives and service to their ...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF NORTH TEXAS ASSOCIATIONAL CLINICAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS
May 25, 2007 ... The University of Texas at Tyler issued the following news release: Dr. Ali Azghani, associate professor of biology at The University of Texas at Tyler, has been appointed president of Associational Clinical Research Professionals' local chapter, Dr. Alisa White, UT Tyler interim dean of ...
THAI MARINES DISH OUT COCKROACH CUISINE, LESSONS IN JUNGLE SRUVIVAL
May 25, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Cockroaches, grasshoppers and grubs taste like burnt chicken skin. Bamboo and a lot of elbow grease will start a fire. Chicken necks are not very resilient. Cobras take it personally when people don't look them in the ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wastebasket
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Russell Benton Snell of Bentleyville, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for a wastebasket, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,327 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to InterDesign ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Design Incremental Change Verification Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Viswanathan Lakshmanan of Thorton, Colo., Richard D. Blinne of Fort Collins, Colo., and Jonathan P. Kuppinger of Windsor, Colo., have developed a method and a computer program for verifying an incremental change to an integrated circuit design. According to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Electronic Part Conveyor Table
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Tomoyuki Kojima of Tokyo-To, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for an electronic part conveyor table, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,333 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Aligned Fine Particle Production Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Norishisa Mino and Osamu Kusumoto, both of Nara, Japan, Yasuhiro Kawawake and Kiyoyuki Morita, both of Kyoto, Japan, Shigeo Yoshii and Mutuaki Murakami, both of Osaka, Japan, have developed aligned fine particles, method for producing the same and device using the ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Workpiece Forming Machine
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Johan Massee of JC Lunteren, Netherlands, has developed a forming machine for working a workpiece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and a forming machine for working a workpiece, for ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sheet Pile Connecting Element
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- 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. D542,643 on May 15. The patent has been assigned to ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Shredder Plate
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Cynthia Jara-Almonte of Kenosha, Wis., Thomas R Berger of Racine, Wis., and Richard A Junk of Elkhorn, Wis., have developed an ornamental design for a shredder plate for a food waste disposer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Floor Treatment Device
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Roger Pedlar of Lakewood, Colo., has developed an ornamental design for a floor treatment device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,323 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to Castle Rock ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Waste Can
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Philip C. Dretzka of Mariemont, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for a waste can, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,326 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to InterDesign Inc., ...
Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors Develop Fluoropolymer Particle Treatment Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Wes Demonde of Newtown Square, Pa., Kurt Davidson of Collegeville, Pa., and Michael Coates of Moorestown, N.J., have developed a method of treating fluoropolymer particles and the products thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Timing Analysis Apparatus
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Tetsuo Kawano, Satoru Yoshikawa and Shigenori Ichinose, all from Kawasaki, Japan, and Toshikatsu Hosono and Takashi Yoneda, both of Kasugai, Japan, have developed a timing analysis apparatus for performing timing analysis of a semiconductor integrated circuit based on ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wand Handle
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Gavin Burnham of Birmingham, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a wand handle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,325 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to Vax Ltd., ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Circuit Layout Verification System
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Hao Wu, Jie Peng and Yu-Long Lin, all from Shenzhen, China, have developed a system and a method for verifying a layout of circuit traces on a motherboard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for verifying a layout of circuit traces ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Product Handling System
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Michael Eldredge of Harvard, Mass., has developed a product handling system for longitudinally receiving product lengths from a rolling mill. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product handling system comprises a support structure defining ...
Vermont Inventors Develop Hardware Description Language Signal Strength Detection Method
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Craig M. Monroe and Raymond W. Schuppe, both of South Burlington, Vt., and Richard J. Grupp of Milton, Vt., have developed a method, a module, and a program product for detecting signal strengths in a hardware description language, such as verilog, that does not ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Auxiliary Lock Cylinder Housing
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Mu-Lin Shen of Tainan, Taiwan, has developed a cylinder housing that includes a longitudinal hole for receiving a cylinder of an auxiliary lock. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annular flange is formed on an end of an outer ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cleaner
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Soo-Hyun Yoon of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an ornamental design for cleaner, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,324 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to Samsung Electronics Co ....
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sheet Pile Connecting Element
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- 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. D542,642 on May 15. The patent has been assigned to ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Trash Receptacle
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Margaret McCurry of Chicago has developed an ornamental design for a trash receptacle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,330 on May 22. The patent has been assigned to Landscape Form Inc., ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Blow Molded Universal Lid
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Craig V Taylor of Chatsworth, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a blow molded universal lid, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,332 on May 22. The original application was filed on ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Collapsible Bag Holder
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Richard E. Kulkey of Andover, Minn., has developed an ornamental design for collapsible bag holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,328 on May 22. The original application was filed on April ...
Australian Inventors Develop Programmable Finite State Machine
May 25, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25 -- Stephen Gould of Queens Park, Australia, Robert Matthew Barrie of Double Bay, Australia, Darren Williams of Newtown, Australia, and Nicholas de Jong of Bondi Junction, Australia, have developed an apparatus and a method for generating state transition rules for memory ...
Adara Networks Wins $7.3 Million Contract
May 25, 2007 ... SAN DIEGO, May 25 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $7.3 million contract to Adara Networks Inc., Scotts Valley, Calif., for designing, testing, evaluation, and project support for the demonstration of the capability of an integrated service platform to solve problems of network latency, ...