US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, June 12:
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Re-Sealable Spring Center Closure
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Matthew Crider and Walt Herring, both of York, Pa., have developed a self-adjusting re-sealable spring center closure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application is directed to a leak-resistant closure for a plastic container having ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Valve Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Hitotoshi Kimura and Izumi Nozawa, both of Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed a valve member which is located in a passage through which fluid passes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The valve member selectively opens and closes the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Glass Substrate Receiving Cassette
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Houng Suk Shon and Tai Sung Choi, both of Kyoungki-do, South Korea, have developed a cassette for receiving glass substrates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cassette includes lower and upper rectangular plates, support bars ...
Turkish Inventor Develops Crushed Aggregate Gradations Storing Apparatus
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Mehmet Nezir Gencer of Bursa, Turkey, has developed an apparatus for separating and storing gradations of crushed aggregate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "aggregate storing and classifying mechanism for ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Combination Shipping and Dispensing Carton
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Colin Ford of Woodstock, Ga., and Raymond Spivey of Mableton, Ga., have developed a combination shipping carton for shipping pouches which can be easily converted into twin boxes for dispensing and displaying the pouches to the consumer. According to the U.S ....
Ohio, Rhode Island Inventors Develop Mounted Storage Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Daniel A. Pollock of Perrysburg, Ohio, Stephen L. Cechner of Sylvania, Ohio, and Alexander O. Bally of Barrington, R.I., have developed a mounted storage device that includes a mount for mounting the device on a vertical surface. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Texas Inventor Develops Adjustable Height Wafer Box
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Valoris L. Forsyth of Lewisville, Texas, has developed an adjustable height wafer box for the transportation of coin-stacked semiconductor wafers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The adjustable height wafer box comprises a base plate, a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Downhole Acoustic Tool Apparatus
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Hitoshi Sugiyama of Sagamihara, Japan, has developed an apparatus and methods for acoustically isolating logging tool receiver and transmitter sections. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more modular isolators is arranged between the ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Inflatable Puzzle Storage
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Frederick A. Enko of Westfield, Mass., has developed a method for storing a puzzle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable puzzle storage device and method is provided. To this end, a puzzle is completely or partially assembled on ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Medium Case
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Satoshi Aramaki of Tokyo has developed a case for recording medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a case for disk cartridges comprising a containing part adapted to contain the disk cartridges, and a lid part ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photographic Treatment Composition Cleaning Container
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Akira Abe of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a cleaning container for photographic treatment composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for cleaning treatment composition containers are disclosed which are capable ...
New Mexico Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Paneled Hypar Canopy
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Christopher Lee Grotbeck of Albuquerque, N.M., has developed an ornamental design for a paneled hypar canopy, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,104 on June 5. The original application was ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Masaru Izumisawa and Shigeo Kouzuki, both of Kawasaki, Japan, and Shinichi Hodama of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Emitter Contact Structure Formation Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Joe Trogolo and Jeff Smith, both of Plano, Texas, Tathagata Chatterlee of Richardson, Texas, and Lily Springer of Dallas, have developed a method for forming emitter contact structures for a bipolar transistor technology. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Topography Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- King Wai Kelwin Ko and Hiroyuki Ogawa, both of San Jose, Calif., Hiroyuki Kinoshita of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Yu Sun of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a method and system for improving the topography of a memory array. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Shock Absorbent Packaging Structure
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Chiu-Chun Chen of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, Bo-Chi Chou of Taipei, Taiwan, and Wen-Yuan Chang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a packaging structure for a container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The packaging structure includes a main ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Storage System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Mustafa Uysal of Davis, Calif., Arif Merchant of Los Altos, Calif., and Guillermo Alvarez of San Jose, Calif., have developed a computer storage system that includes a controller and a storage device array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Texas Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Haowen Bu of Plano, Texas, Rajesh Khamankar of Coppell, Texas, and Douglas T. Grider of McKinney, Texas, have developed a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor devices and fabrication ...
Australian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tilework Extrusion
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Michael Gerhard Flechsig of Victoria, Australia, has developed an ornamental design for an extrusion for tilework, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,105 on June 5. The original application ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Tool Retaining System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Ian W. Cunningham of Matthews, N.C., Jonathan S. Holz of Huntersville, N.C., and Kristofor M. Hallee of San Francisco, have developed a tool retaining system with a tool tray that ensures that the tools will remain in their original position when shaken or ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Fabrication Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Anand Murthy, Justin K. Brask and Boyan Boyanov, all from Portland, Ore., Andrew N. Westmeyer and Nick Lindert, both of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a method for fabrication of integrated circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Maine Inventor Develops Cup Holder
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Richard C. Sweeney of Falmouth, Maine, has developed a cup holder that is having frusto-conical cavities. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cache Storage Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Makio Mizuno of Sagamihara, Japan, has developed a cache storage device that is provided between a client and a storage device so that an area to be accessed by the client and which can be locked or excluded in advance, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Nevada, Hong Kong Inventors Develop Large Compact Disk Package
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- King Yeung Choi and Kwok Keung Kwong, both of Hong Kong, and Michael Pelczarski of Incline Village, Nev., have developed a large compact disk package with sliding cover members. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a case for ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Headlamp
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Paul Petzl of Barraux, France, has developed an ornamental design for a headlamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,115 on June 5. The patent has been assigned to Zedel, Crolles, France ....
New York, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Flat Mail Sleeve Packaging System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Bruce H. Hanson of Endicott, N.Y., and J. Edward Roth of Lansdale, Pa., have developed a flat mail sleeve packaging system that is adapted to stack product in a constrained homogenous mass. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system ...
Texas Inventors Develop Electronic Device Formation Process
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Gowrishankar L. Chindalore, Cheong M. Hong and Craig T. Swift, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a process for forming an electronic device including discontinuous storage elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Structure
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Ted R. White, Bich-Yen Nguyen, Marius K. Orlowski, Mariam G. Sadaka and Voon-Yew Thean, all from Austin, Texas, and Alexander L. Barr of Crolles, France, have developed a semiconductor device structure and method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage System using Cluster Structure
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Yasutomo Yamamoto and Akira Yamamoto, both of Sagamihara, Japan, and Kazuhisa Fujimoto of Kokubunji, Japan, have developed a first storage system that store data to be used by a computer in a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Mixing Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Horst Hoeffkes of Duesseldorf, Germany, Ullrich Bernecker of Aachen, Germany, and Martina Seiler of Duisburg, Germany, have developed a combination film sachet and a mixing device for mixing a product or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage Control Apparatus
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Hiroki Kanai and Shoji Kato, both of Odawara, Japan, and Yuusuke Yauchi of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a storage control apparatus and a method of controlling the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a storage system having a ...
Washington Inventors Develop Data Items Information Caching Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Gregory Scott Friedman of Sammamish, Wash., snd Coyle Brett Marl of Seattle, have developed a method of caching information relating to a set of data items. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method ...
Maryland, California Inventors Develop Long-term Memory Device Data Erasing Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Steven Bress and Dan Bress, both of Germantown, Md., Mike Menz of Roseville, Calif., and Mark Joseph Menz of Folsom, Calif., have developed an application specific device for erasing data from a long-term storage device that includes a power supply, a control circuit, ...
Texas Inventors Develop Upper Level Cache Multiprocessor Data Processing System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Guy Lynn Guthrie, Sheldon B. Levenstein and Derek Edward Williams, all from Austin, Texas, and William John Starke of Round Rock, Texas, have developed a processing unit for a multiprocessor data processing system that includes a store-through upper level ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Seok Su Kim of Icheon-si, South Korea, has developed methods of fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrated method comprises: providing a substrate including an active region and a non-active region; ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Substrate Manufacturing Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Minoru Moriwaki of Fujimi-machi, Japan, has developed a method of manufacturing substrate for electro-optical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provide a method of manufacturing a substrate for an ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $75,000 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $75,000 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by DoD's Defense Contract Management Agency, Bethpage, ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $99,000 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $99,000 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by DoD's Defense Contract Management Agency, Bethpage, ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $60,000 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $60,000 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by DoD's Defense Contract Management Agency, Bethpage, ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $58,767 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $58,767 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by DoD's Defense Contract Management Agency, Bethpage, ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $36,592 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $36,592 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by DoD's Defense Contract Management Agency, Bethpage, ...
Cartographics Wins $22,985 Contract
Jun 12, 2007 ... MISSOULA, Mont., June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $22,985 contract to Cartographics LLC, Missoula, for aerial detection survey map production. The contract was awarded by USDA's Forest Service, R-1 Western Montana Acquisition Zone, Missoula, ...
British Inventors Develop Integrated Semiconductor Component Production Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Paul Nicholas Stavrinou of London, Timothy Simon Jones of Surrey, Great Britain, and Gareth Parry of Herts, Great Britain, have developed a method of producing integrated semiconductor components on a semiconductor substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fluorescent Lamp
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Toshiaki Tsuruha of Kadoma, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a fluorescent lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,108 on June 5. The patent has been assigned to Matsushita ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Front Combination Lamp
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Fumito Ohta of Wako, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a front combination lamp for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,114 on June 5. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Production Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Seiji Matsuyama and Masaru Sasaki, both of Amagasaki, Japan, and Takuya Sugawara of Yamanashi, Japan, have developed a substrate treating method and production method for semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Pedal Reaction Force Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Noboru Fujiwara of Toyota, Japan, has developed a pedal reaction force device that electrically detects a pedaling stroke of an operating pedal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pedal reaction force device, a pedaling reaction force ...
German Inventors Develop Data Transmission System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Josef Hammer, Rolf-Dieter Pavlik and Gerhard Heinemann, all from Erlangen, Germany, Martin Kiesel of Poxdorf, Germany, and Guido Seeger of Baiersdorf, Germany, have developed a data transmission system that connects a controller with drives in machine tools and ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Data Output Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Seung Kwack of Daejeon-Si, South Korea, and Ki Kwean of Icheon-Shi, South Korea, have developed a data output device of a semiconductor device which can reduce power noise in an output driver resulting from a data transition. An abstract of the invention, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Communication System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Kentaro Yoshimura, Takanori Yokoyama and Nobuyasu Kanekawa, all from Hitachi, Japan, and Wataru Nagaura of Hitachinaka, Japan, have developed a data communication system which performs one-to-many data communications that uses a serial communication ...
French Inventors Develop Bipolar Transistor Manufacturing Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Alain Chantre of Seyssins, France, and Pascal Chevalier of Chapareillan, France, have developed a method which forms a bipolar transistor in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Escalator Wheel Monitor
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Kyle A. Apperson and Dustin J. Charville, both of Maineville, Ohio, H. Eugene Toennisson of Hamilton, Ohio, Mark T. Davidson of Mason, Ohio, John D. Shupe of Lebanon, Ohio, and Masashi Tsuchihata of Osaka, Japan, have developed a method and an apparatus for detecting ...
California Inventor Develops Content Addressable Memory Device Performance Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Jose P. Pereira of Cupertino, Calif., has developed a method for performing a search in a content addressable memory (CAM) device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for performing a search in a CAM device ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Laser Chip Formation Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Mitsumasa Muraishi of Yamanashi, Japan, has developed a method of forming a semiconductor laser chip having a marker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser chip has following steps. First, a ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Flashlight
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Ho Hiu Wai of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a flashlight, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,116 on June 5. The patent has been assigned to Eric Beare Associates ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Polling-based Communication Apparatus
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Chu-Ming Lin and Shih-Chung Yin, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a polling-based communication apparatus and a system for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus of the invention, connected to a host computer ...
U.S., Irish Inventors Develop Serially-connected Slave Device Communication System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Jonathan M. Audy of Los Gatos, Calif., and Michael P. Daly of Newtownmountkennedy, Ireland, have developed a communication system that includes a master device which communicates with a chain of serially-connected slave devices. According to the U.S. Patent ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Conveyor System
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Jeong Joon Lee, Hyun Ho Song and Hong Seok Lee, all from Kumi-shi, South Korea, Ji Heum Uh of Seoul, South Korea, and Kyung Su Chae of Taegu-kwangyokshi, South Korea, have developed a conveyor system that is having width adjustment unit. An abstract of the ...
New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Flashlight
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Scott W. Osiecki and David J. Hine, both of Skaneateles, N.Y., have developed an ornamental design for a flashlight, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D544,118 on June 5. The patent has been ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Flashlight
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- John W. Matthews of Newport Beach, Calif., and Paul Y. Kim of Santa Ana, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for flashlight, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D544,120 on June 5. The ...
California Inventor Develops Computer System Input/Output Processing Method
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Van Jacobson of Woodside, Calif., has developed a system and a method that allows input/output (I/O) to and from a computer system via the memory bus of a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Input is accepted directly into ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Dual-Function Night Lamp
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Mat Bembridge of Rotterdam, Netherlands, has developed an ornamental design for a dual-function night lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D544,111 on June 5. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rod-Like Products Discharging Device
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Toshio Okuyama and Kazuhisa Kuwano, both of Tokushima, Japan, have developed a device for discharging rod-like products each having one end that is large sized. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device includes a hopper having an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bill Handling Machine
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Toshinori Yokoi of Nagakute, Japan, Riichi Kato of Nagoya, Japan, Minoru Kadowaki of Toyota, Japan, and Atsuko Uozumi of Owarissahi, Japan, have developed a bill handling machine that receives and dispenses bills or bank notes. An abstract of the invention, ...
Florida Inventors Develop Conveyor Belt Cleaning Apparatus
Jun 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Carol Lynn Kelly of Boca Raton, Fla., and John S Lechaton of Englewood, Fla., have developed a mountable cleaning apparatus for commercial conveyors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first embodiment of this invention is a cleaning ...