US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, July 12:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARBONELL TO ADDRESS JOINT SESSION OF HHS AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS, NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING
Jul 12, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging issued the following media advisory: HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell will address a joint meeting of the HHS Aging & Disability Resource Center Initiative (ADRC) and the National ...
New York Inventor Develops Substances Rotary Separator
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- William C. Maier of Almond, N.Y., has developed a separator and a method for substances with relatively high densities which are separated from a pressurized flow stream, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No ....
French Inventors Develop Liquid Oxidizing Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Philippe Campo and Michel Muguet, both of Montigny le Bretonneux, France, and Nade Berthier of Vauhallan, France, have developed methods for oxidizing a liquid with an oxidization gas in a closed volume reactor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rotation Angle Detecting Apparatus
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Naoki Okamoto of Isesaki, Japan, has developed a rotation angle detecting apparatus and method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation angle signal from a rotation sensor for a rotating body is converted (first conversion) ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Vessel's Ballast Water Decontamination System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Robert Lyles III of Edgewater, Md., has developed a method and a system for biologic decontamination of a vessel's ballast water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system for elimination of unwanted species from ...
German Inventor Develops Test Specimen Testing Device
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Bernd Zimmermann of Koblenz, Germany, has developed a device for testing a test specimen for surface faults. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for testing a test specimen for surface faults is equipped for delivering a magnetic ...
Texas Inventors Develop Slurry Solids Separation Apparatus
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- James R. Stoy and Ming He, both of Houston, Lee D. Rhyne of Katy, Texas, and Lalit S. Shah of Sugar Land, Texas, have developed a method and an apparatus for separating solids from a slurry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Biodegradable Scale
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Ashish Gandhi and Gregory M. Hocking of St. Paul, Minn., Boris A. Miksic of North Oaks, Minn., Alla Furman of Shoreview, Minn., and Margarita Kharshan of Little Canada, Minn., have developed a biodegradable scale and a corrosion inhibitor ...
TOWNSEND STREET TO CLOSE FOR UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK
Jul 12, 2007 ... The city of Lansing issued the following news release: The City of Lansing Department of Planning and Neighborhood Development announces that Townsend Street between Allegan Street and Washtenaw Street will be closed to through traffic beginning on Monday, July 16 th and is anticipated ...
British, French, Dutch Inventors Develop On-access Malware Scanning Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Igor Muttik of Berkhamsted, Great Britain, Francois Paget of Saint Gratien, France, and Marius Hendrik Maria Van Oers of Kerkdriel, Netherlands, have developed a computer program product stored on a computer recordable medium for controlling a ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Body Weight Health Value Band
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Frank L. Brown of Midlothian, Va., has developed an ornamental design for a body weight health value band, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,226 on July 10. The original application was ...
German Inventors Develop Linear Guide Unit
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Siegfried Bauer of Massbach-Volkershausen, Germany, has developed a linear guide unit that has an oblong guide support. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear guide unit, in particular a gantry axis, that has an oblong guide support, is ...
Connecticut Inventor Developw Particulate Contaminants Filtration Systems
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Evan E. Koslow of Weston, Conn., has developed filtration systems that use diffusive methods for the removal of particulate contaminants by using such filtration systems which include microbiological contaminants. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Emergency Training Aid Device
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- George A. Peters Jr. of North Andover, Mass., has developed an ornamental design for an emergency training aid device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,391 on July 10. The original ...
Michigan, Virginia Inventors Develop Fuel Injector Driver Heat Reduction Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt of Ann Arbor, Mich., Suresh Sureshbabu of Canton, Mich., and Bruce Bryant of Manassas, Va., have developed a method of reducing heat generated in a fuel injector driver controlled by an engine control unit (ECU) of a vehicle ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Portable Blender
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Lenny Sands of Encino, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a portable blender, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,118 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Homeland ...
Indian Inventors Develop Frequency Digital Circuit
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Ruchir Saraswat of Ghaziabad, India, Balwant Singh of Greater Noida, India, and Hina Mushir of Delhi, India, have developed a digital circuit for frequency and timing characterization. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital circuit ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Operating Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Jialin Yang of Canton, Mich., has developed a method of controlling engine operation during various combustion modes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of operating an internal combustion engine having a ...
U.S., Mexican Inventors Develop Sensor Assembly
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Mario A. Recio and Arquimedes Godoy, both of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Susan A. Maxwell of El Paso, Texas, have developed a sensor assembly for measuring linear position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly is disclosed for measuring ...
Texas Inventors Develop Configurable Network Intrusion Detection Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- James W. Kasper of Austin, Texas, Paul A. Beriswill of Cedar Park, Texas, and Kevin L. Wiley of Elgin, Texas, have developed a method and a system for configurable network intrusion detection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to ...
California Inventors Develop Uniform Resource Locator Access Management Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Shivaram Bhat of Sunnyvale, Calif., and James F. Nelson of Danville, Calif., have developed a uniform resource locator (URL) access enforcement system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "enterprise server ...
German, Swiss Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Scale
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Markus Fischer of Esslingen, Germany, Elias Knubben of Ostfildern-Nellingen, Germany, and Peter Gutmann of Thalweil, Switzerland, have developed an ornamental design for a scale, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pen
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Zhiming Qiu of Ningbo, China, has developed an ornamental design for a pen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,387 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Beifa Group Co Ltd, Zhejiang, ...
Australian Inventor Develops Fluid Stream Solids Separator
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- William L. Peirson of Chatswood, Australia, has developed a solids separator which separates entrained particles that are contained within a fluid stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "solids separator ...
Washington Inventors Develop Computer Network Devices Communications Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Ann Demirtjis and Mu Han, both of Redmond, Wash., and Nikhil P. Bobde of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a method and a system for integrating security mechanisms into session initiation protocol (SIP) request messages for client-proxy ...
German Inventors Develop Linear Guide Device
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Werner Keller of Schwemmelsbach, Germany, German Duetsch of Schweinfurt, Germany, and Roland Greubel of Ramsthal, Germany, have developed a linear guide device with a guide rail extending in a guiding direction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pen
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Zhiming Qiu of Ningbo, China, has developed an ornamental design for a pen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,386 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Beifa Group Co Ltd, Zhejiang, ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Paper Hook
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Mark Ross of Merriam, Kan., has developed an ornamental design for a paper hook, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,392 on July 10. The original application was filed on July 10, 2006, and is ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Watch Dial
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Thierry Nataf of Paris has developed an ornamental design for a watch dial, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,224 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Zenith International SA, ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Writing Implement
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Brian Chiaruttini of Harwood Heights, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a writing implement, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,389 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Clock Sign
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Melanie Fentress of Virginia Beach, Va., has developed an ornamental design for a clock sign, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,393 on July 10. The original application was filed on June 12, ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Pepper Griddle
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Kenneth Orr of Bonaire, Ga., has developed an ornamental design for a pepper griddle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,117 on July 10. The original application was filed on May 12, 2006, ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Operating Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Mary L. Kesse of Peoria, Ill., has developed a limp home operating method for internal combustion engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes the step of ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Health Value Band
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Frank L. Brown of Midlothian, Va., has developed an ornamental design for a health value band, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,225 on July 10. The original application was filed on Aug ....
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Processor Operating Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Michael Catherwood of Pepperell, Mass., has developed a modified Harvard architecture processor that have data memory space mapped to program memory space. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor has an architecture that provides the ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cholesterol Health Value Band
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Frank L. Brown of Midlothian, Va., has developed an ornamental design for a cholesterol health value band, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,227 on July 10. The original application was ...
Washington Inventors Develop Application Security Threat Analysis Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Michael Howard and Loren M. Kohnfelder, both of Bellevue, Wash., and Praerit Garg of Kirkland, Wash., have developed a computer-implemented method for a computer-program module to provide application security threat-modeling. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Networked Computer Access Control System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Daniel E. Ford of Granite Bay, Calif., has developed an access control system for use with a networked computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control system for use with a networked computer system comprises a host of ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Marker
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Peter M. H. Hung of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for marker, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,388 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Fulon Development ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Teaching Toy
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Wen-Yuan Lin of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a teaching toy, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,390 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Youth Toy ...
California Inventors Develop Digital Right Management Architecture
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Alexander Medvinsky and Petr Peterka, both of San Diego, Calif., Paul Moroney of Olivehain, Calif., and Eric Sprunk of Carlsbad, Calif., have developed a digital rights management architecture for securely delivering content to authorized consumers. According ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Oil Filter Canister Removing Tool
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Daniel B. Cline of Leonard, Mich., has developed a cup-shaped tool which is effective to prevent the dripping of oil during a filter canister removal operation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "oil filter ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Water Filtration System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Eckhard Ruoff of Nagold, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a water filtration system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,113 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to Brita ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Enhanced Television Transmission System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Rezaur Rahman of Beaverton, Ore., has developed a system of enhanced television transmissions that includes a television video signal and one or more television enhancements simultaneously transmitted to client receivers. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventors Develop Reclosable Package Watertight Closure
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Duane Piechocki of Pleasantville, N.Y., and Steven Ausnit of New York, have developed a watertight closure for a reclosable package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watertight closure for a reclosable package has first and second ...
Puerto Rican Inventor Develops Floating Strainer
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Angel Torres-Collazo of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, has developed a floating strainer that is constructed with a rectangular frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical drum is attached to each corner of the rectangular frame. Below ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Portable Hiking Stove
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Scott Reiner of Truckee, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a portable hiking stove, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,114 on July 10. The original application was filed on Dec ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Email Generating Communication Device
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Yoshifumi Tanimoto of Hirakata, Japan, has developed a communication device which can obtain information necessary at a transmitter without placing a burden on a receiver According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control unit prepares an ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Race Car Themed Barbecue Grill
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Lowell M. Henry of Redondo Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a race car themed barbecue grill, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,115 on July 10. The patent has been ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electric Oil Pump
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Kosuke Yamane, Masanori Umeno, Keisuke Kashiwa and Hirotaka Eno, all from Gunma-ken, Japan, have developed an electric oil pump. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to provide an electric oil pump with greatly ...
New York Inventor Develops Flow Probe Connectivity Determination Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- William Carter Carroll Bullard of New York has developed a system for flow of network packet data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accounting system inserts flow probes into various locations within a network to measure certain ...
California Inventors Develop Network or Fabric Starting Up Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- James Kleinsteiber of San Jose, Calif., Richard L. Hammons of Hollister, Calif., and Shankar Balasubramanian of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for starting up a network or fabric. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Engine Lubricating System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Yoshio Watanabe of Kakogawa, Japan, has developed a lubricating system of an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dry sump type or semidry sump type lubricating system of an engine in which a lubricating ...
Florida Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Valve Assembly
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Miguel Nuno Guimaraes Verdial of Panama City, Fla., has developed an intake and/or exhaust valve assembly and timing system for an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventive engine valve assembly may comprise a rotatable shaft ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Coffee Maker-Combined Microwave Oven
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Sung Woo Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an ornamental design for a coffee maker-combined microwave oven, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,111 on July 10. The patent has been ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Water Cleaner
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Chuan-Chi Huang of Taipei, Taiwan, and Kuo-Yuan Chan of Chang-Hua Hsien, Taiwan, have developed water cleaner that is immersed in water tank. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water cleaner comprises: a filtering canister having a ...
California Inventor Develops Customized Web Page Delivery System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- C. Douglass Thomas of Campbell, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for customization of information content. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Improved techniques for customizing information ...
French Inventors Develop Distributed Computer System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Didier Poirot of Plaisir, France, Francois Armand of Noisy-le-Roi, France, and Stephen McKinty of Theys, France, have developed a distributed computer system that enhances a protocol service to a highly available service. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventors Develop Current Measurement Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Reinhard Maier of Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Ju Rupp of Erlangen, Germany, have developed a method and a circuit arrangement for current measurement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method with corresponding circuit arrangement is ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Broadcast Programming Advertising Content Insertion Method
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Scott R. Swix of Duluth, Ga., Paul T. Watson of Alpharetta, Ga., and James H. Gray of Atlanta, have developed a system and a method for inserting advertising content in broadcast programming. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Toner/Probe System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- James A Kahkoska and Thomas K Bohley, both of Colorado Springs, Colo., have developed a toner/probe system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital toner/locator employs tone packets using a 455 kilohertz. carrier. Plural packet quanta ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Disc Container
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Thomas E. Doyle of Aurora, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a disc container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,109 on July 10. The patent has been assigned to TinScape LLC, ...
Florida, Connecticut Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Coffeemaker
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Daniel Sumser of Lake Worth, Fla., Augusto Picozza of Boca Raton, Fla., Kenneth R. Parker of Delray Beach, Fla., and Brooks Rorke of Guilford, Conn., have developed an ornamental design for a coffeemaker, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
Washington Inventors Develop Interactive Entertainment Network System
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Matthew W. Dunn of Seattle, and Daniel J. Shoff of Issaquah, Wash., have developed an interactive entertainment network system with a video-on-demand (VOD) application. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive entertainment network ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fluid Treatment Apparatus
Jul 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Yoshinao Katano of Gunma, Japan, has developed a fluid treating method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid treatment method includes the steps of: forming a ring lamination by laminating a plurality of filtering ...