US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, May 30:
Japanese Inventors Develop Fishing Reel
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Harumichi Oishi, Mikiharu Kobayashi and Masashi Ono, all from Tokyo, have developed a fishing reel suitable for lure fishing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel includes: a reel body attachable to a fishing rod; a spool ...
Indian, German Inventors Develop Split Rotor System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hemant Anjaria and Praveenkumar Verma, both of Mumbai, India, Samir Rajauria of Agra, India, Janakiraman Narayanan of Chennai, India, Sanjoy Bhattacharjee of Kolkata, India, and Wolfgang Meyer-Haack of Neumunster, Germany, have developed a rotor assembly for a contact ...
California Inventors Develop Electrical Signals Combining Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Stanley S. Toncich and Richard J. Camarillo, both of San Diego, have developed an apparatus and a method for combining electrical signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a phase-shift distributed element with an ...
California Inventors Develop Balanced Microwave Cable Adaptor
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hassan Tanbakuchi, Paul E. Cassanego and Kenneth H. Wong, all from Santa Rosa, Calif., have developed a cable with a connector interface with two coaxial microwave structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor includes a connector ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Multilayer Radio Frequency Shielding Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- John C. Estes of Tempe, Ariz., Rodolfo Lucero of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Anthony M. Pavio of Paradise Valley, Ariz., have developed a radio frequency (RF) shielding device for improving the quality factor (Q-factor) of a resonator component. According to the ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Electronic Lock Module
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hubert Hosselet of Quebec has developed a retrofit kit that can convert a mechanical lock into an electromechnical lock actuated through an electronic keypad. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electronic lock ...
Massachusetts, Washington Inventors Develop Microelectrical Mechanical Actuator
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jeremy A. Levitan of Cambridge, Mass., and Michael J. Sinclair of Kirkland, Wash., have developed a magnetically actuated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS actuator having electrically ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Vehicle Door Latch Communications System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Curtis B. Johnson of Freeport, Ill., Peter Suknaich of Belvedere, Ill., and Ajaykumar Vaidhyanathan of Chennai, India, have developed techniques for automatically and remotely controlling and diagnosing vehicle door latches. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Communication System Message Transfer Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Chia-Hung Tsai of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a method for transferring a message from a first portable electronic device to a second portable electronic device through a server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes: ...
German Inventors Develop Mobile Station Location Evaluation Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Dirk Nikolai of Korntal-Munchingen, Germany, Matthias Schreiner of Malmsheim, Germany, and Michael Hother of Ludwigsburg, Germany, have developed a method of evaluating a location of a mobile station (MS) within a cellular telecommunication system. According to ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jang-Kun Song, Sahng-Ik Jun and Jae-Ho Lee, all from Seoul, South Korea, Jae-Hong Jeon of Seongnam-si, South Korea, and Jeong-Young Lee of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed a liquid crystal display with notch formed in pixel electrode. According to the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Eyeglass Frame with Replaceable Lenses
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ching-Hae Chiou of Tainan City, Taiwan, has developed an eyeglass frame with replaceable lenses that can be switched quickly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyeglass frame with replaceable lenses comprises an eyeglass frame with a pair ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Mobile Telecommunication System Power Control Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Daniel R. Tayloe of Phoenix, and Mark T Pflum of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a power control method for handling frame erasure of data in mobile links in a mobile telecommunication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Eyeglasses Assembly
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Robert W. Allred of Charlotte, N.C., has developed an eyeglasses assembly that includes a pair of bifocals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of the bifocals includes a regular lens portion and a magnifying lens portion. A bridge is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Yasuo Segawa of Gifu, Japan, Masaaki Aota of Ogaki, Japan, and Tsutomu Yamada of Mizuho, Japan, have developed a display device that has a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix configuration. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate line ...
California, Nebraska Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Chopstick
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Warren Kirsch of Huntington Beach, Calif., and James Wagner of Grand Island, Neb., have developed an ornamental design forthe chopstick, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D543,418 on May 29. The ...
Malaysian Inventors Develop Solder Crack Deflection Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Chung C. Key, Mustapha Mohd. Faizul and Tan Siew Sang, all from Kedah, Malaysia, have developed a method for solder crack deflection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus that includes a first component ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Handwritten Electronic Message System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Paul Henry Fuoss of Convent Station, N.J., Howard Paul Katseff of Marlboro, N.J., Robert Edward Markowitz of Glen Rock, N.J., and Bethany Scott Robinson of Lebanon, N.J., have developed a system for providing handwritten messaging in electronic ...
Washington Inventors Develop Location Information Access Control Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Harvinder S. Bhela of Woodinville, Wash., Stephen L. Lawler of Redmond, Wash., and Rajesh M. Rao of Sammamish, Wash., have developed a system and a method for providing location information which is associated with a location owner to location ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Power Control Method for Communication Channel
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Martin Howard Meyers of Montclair, N.J., Alexandro Salvarani of Edison, N.J., and Carl Francis Weaver of Hanover, N.J., have developed a power control method with discontinuous transmission (DTX) frame detection for a communication channel. According to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Sensor Device Manufacture Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Takashige Saitou of Ama-gun, Japan, has developed a method of manufacturing a sensor device with binding material having a foaming agent. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device includes a sensor chip and a bonding wire being fixed on a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rubbing Roll Orientation Processor
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Makoto Mori of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a rubbing roll orientation processor for liquid crystal display manufacturing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "orientation processor (i.e., rubbing roller) for ...
New York Inventor Develops Antenna Segment System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- J. Claude Caci of Owego, N.Y., has developed an antenna segment system for communicating between fixed antenna segments and wireless mobile devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The antenna segments may be embedded in lighting fixtures ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Active Matrix Substrate Manufacture Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Yutaka Onozuka, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara and Tsuyoshi Hioki, all from Yokohama, Japan, and Masahiko Akiyama of Tokyo, have developed an active matrix substrate manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active matrix ...
California Inventor Develops Electronic Module Fabrication Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Peter D. Brewer of Westlake Village, Calif., has developed a method of assembly of device and integrated circuit components on a substrate to provide hybrid electronic, optoelectronic, or other types of integrated electronic systems. According to the U.S ....
Danish Inventor Develops Communication Terminal with Predictive Text Editor Application
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Christian Kraft of Hvidovre, Denmark, has developed a communication terminal that has a predictive text editor for use in a dialogue application. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The communication terminal comprises a transceiver unit ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Forwarding Information Communication Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Barry Appelman of McLean, Va., has developed a method for communicating forwarding information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detecting a physical location change of a mobile communications device may initiate a process to initiate, or ...
Florida Inventors Develop Four Pole Stereo Headset
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Audley F. Patterson and Richard L. Pyatt, both of Miramar, Fla., Russell L. Simpson of Miami, Sybren D. Smith of Plantation, Fla., and Joseph Patino of Pembroke Pines, Fla., have developed a four pole stereo headset with push to talk capability in a duplex ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Koji Yamaguchi of Suwa, Japan, has developed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Seasoning Infuser
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Marc Zemel of Melville, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a seasoning infuser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,419 on May 29. The patent has been assigned to Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc., ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Butter Dispenser
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Katherine Waymire of Minneapolis has developed an ornamental design for a butter dispenser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,421 on May 29. The patent has been assigned to Talisman Designs ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Shredder with Oscillating Side Walls
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hikoichi Katsumura, Saiji Yamashita and Satoshi Ishii, all from Hirakata, Japan, have developed a shredder which is suitable for shredding a by-product (a sprue, a runner and the like). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shredder for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Superconducting Filter Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Teru Nakanishi, Akihiko Akasegawa, Manabu Kai and Kazunori Yamanaka, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a superconducting filter device for filtering a high-frequency signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact superconducting ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Frequency Tunable Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Chun-Sheng Liang and Mei-Hui Wu, both of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, and Jenn-Ming Wu of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a frequency tunable device that possesses high tunability and a low loss tangent. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventors Develop Micro Electro Mechanical Sensor Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Markus Lutz and Aaron Partridge, both of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method for adjusting the frequency of a micro electro mechanical sensor (MEMS) resonator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are many inventions described and ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cruet Assembly
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Olivier Baussan of Mane, France, has developed an ornamental design for a cruet assembly for holding various food substances, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,417 on May 29. The patent has ...
German Inventors Develop Agitator Mill
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Norbert Stehr of Grunstadt, Germany, and Philipp Schmitt of Lampertheim, Germany, have developed an agitator mill for treating free-flowing grinding stock. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agitator mill comprises an annular cylindrical ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Waveguide Communication System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Martin Dieter Liess, Lukas Leyten and Diego Sommavilla, all from Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a system for transferring signals from a sender to a receiver, either the sender or the receiver, or both, being mobile. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Direct Plane Access Power Delivery Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Martin D. Goodman of Hillsboro, Ore., has developed a method for low impedance power delivery. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes: providing a module, the module having a plurality of layers including a top layer; removing ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Electromagnetic Interference Suppression Devices
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Don Alan Gilliland of Rochester, Minn., has developed a device, a system, and a method for suppressing electromagnetic interference (EMI). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an EMI suppression device includes a compound ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Compensation Sheet
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hiroki Umeda, Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Nobuo Kubo, Sota Kawakami, Nobuyuki Takiyama and Koji Tasaka, all from Hino, Japan, have developed an optical compensation sheet with a first surface and a second surface provided between a first polarizing plate. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Tape Cartridge
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Akihiko Fujii, Kiichiro Kitagawa, Seiji Tsuyuki and Seiji Oodate, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a magnetic tape cartridge which can prevent wear of the contact portion that is provided on the release pad to be rotated. An abstract of the invention, ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Variable Radio Frequency Power Providing Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Donald L. Runyon of Duluth, Ga., has developed wireless communication systems using passive networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable power divider and method can vary the radio frequency (RF) power between ports in a high power ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Package Making Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kabul Sengupta and Deborah L. Thompson, both of Tempe, Ariz., and Zong-Fu Li of Gilbert, Ariz., have developed a method of making an integrated circuit (IC) package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IC package includes a mold compound, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kengo Asai and Mitsutaka Hikita, both of Hachioji, Japan, Hisanori Matsumoto of Kokubunji, Japan, and Atsushi Isobe of Kodaira, Japan, have developed a bulk acoustic wave resonator and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventor Develops Signal Control Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hung-Ming Chien of Irvine, Calif., has developed a method and a system for voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with switchable varactor for low KVCO variation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of a method for controlling a signal ...
New Mexico Inventors Develop Pressurized Fluid Handling Nozzle
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Mark Reece and Gerald A. Knorovsky, both of Albuquerque, N.M., and Danny O. MacCallum of Edgewood, N.M., have developed a pressurized gaseous fluid pickup device that holds a component in a spaced position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
French Inventor Develops Giratory Crusher Mobile Jaw Fixing System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jean Pierre Delille of Romaneche-Thorins, France, has developed a system for fixing the mobile jaw of a cone or giratory crusher. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for fixing the mobile jaw on a conical head of a cone or giratory ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Travel Mug
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- J. Robert Gluck of Lawrence, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a travel mug, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,416 on May 29. The patent has been assigned to Robert Gordon ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Narrow Bandpass Filter
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Yu-Chen Chang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed a narrow bandpass filter that is installed on a circuit board for suppressing a high-frequency harmonic wave. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to provide a narrow ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tap
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Maurizio Duranti of Milan, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a tap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,415 on May 29. The patent has been assigned to IB Rubinetterie SpA, Sarezzo, ...
Texas Inventor Develops Security System Administering Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Erik A. Knight of Dallas has developed a method of administering a security system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system may be administered by interrogating a first user using a first security system that generates a user ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Data Processing System Security Method
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Richard E. Ashland of Fridley, Minn., and Roland G. Clouse of Burnsville, Minn., have developed a system and a method for managing access rights and privileges in a data processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved system ...
New York Inventors Develop Electronic Whiteboard System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ferdinand Hendriks of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Zon-Yin Shae of South Salem, N.Y., Belle L. Tseng of Forest Hills, N.Y., and Xiping Wang of Putnam Valley, N.Y., have developed methods and an apparatus for associating a user with content in a collaborative whiteboard ...
California Inventor Develops Sprinkler Head Vegetation Shield
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Boris Bernards of Chatsworth, Calif., has developed a sprinkler head vegetation shield that includes a sloping wall defined by a single-piece curved plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lip extends horizontally away from the wall along ...
California Inventors Develop Network Device Security Event Capturing System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hugh S. Njemanze of Los Altos, Calif., Hector Aguilar-Macias of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Christian Friedrich Beedgen of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for batching events for transmission by software agent. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Faucet Spray Head Assembly
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Alfred C. Nelson of Carmel, Ind., and Jeffrey L. Moore of Frankfort, Ind., have developed a faucet spray head that includes a diverter valve that has a diverter stem constructed and arranged to control water flow patterns. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Impact Sprinkler Drive System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Michael F. Turk of Los Angeles, and Richard J. Russell II of Tujunga, Calif., have developed an impact sprinkler with improved rotation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact sprinkler drive is provided by an impact arm or spoon that ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Steamer
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Mathieu Lion of Paris has developed an ornamental design for a steamer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D543,414 on May 29. The patent has been assigned to Mastrad SA, Paris. The original ...
Illinois, New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cake Pan
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Karen Swinford of Schaumburg, Ill., David Purcell of Aurora, Ill., and Lou Henry of New York, have developed an ornamental design for the cake pan, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D543,413 on May ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Computer System Power Management Technique
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Barnes Cooper and Grant H. Kobayashi, both of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a method for managing virtual and actual performance states of logical processors in a multithreaded processor using system management mode. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventor Develops Fuel Injector Control Valve
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hans-Christoph Magel of Pfullingen, Germany, has developed a control valve for a fuel injector comprising a pressure exchanger. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A servo-valve for a fuel injector equipped with a pressure booster whose ...
New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Georgia, California, New Jersey Inventors Develop Spraying Airless Application System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Mark Hammarth of Coram, N.Y., John S. Piwnica Jr. of Loudonville, N.Y., Stephen J. Lacivita of Foxboro, Mass., Johnathan C. Waters of West Wareham, Mass., Timothy Oberg of Plainfield, Ill., John Ekpenyong of Chicago, Kevin J. May of Ball Ground, Ga., Christopher Molina ...
California Inventor Develops Programmable Logic Device
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Stephen M. Trimberger of San Jose, Calif., has developed methods and structures for configuring programmable logic devices using encrypted configuration data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are various methods and systems for ...
California Inventor Develops Locked Portal Unlocking Control System
May 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Robert P. Rumble of Castor Valley, Calif., has developed locked portal opening control systems which provide time-limited access to the interior of structures through a locked. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...