US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, July 17:
U.S, Swedish Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Designing Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Patrick Lysaght of Los Gatos, Calif., Tim Tuan of San Jose, Calif., and Goran Bilski of Molndal, Sweden, have developed a method and an apparatus for power optimization during an integrated circuit design process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Window Operation Interface
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Wei-Fan Ting of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a window operation interface for graphically revising the electrical constraint set by means of preview revision and batch/individual revision and a method of using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Circuit Analysis Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Wangguo Qin and Bruce W. McGaughy, both of Fremont, Calif., Jun Kong of San Jose, Calif., and Qingjian Yu of Nanjing, China, have developed a method of transforming a first topology to a reduced topology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New York Inventor Develops Printing/Copying Media Output Tray
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- David A. Bartman of Webster, N.Y., has developed a printing/copying media output device or terminal that includes a single media output tray which can be used as a flat tray or a basket tray. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The media ...
Texas Inventors Develop Visual Stimuli Change Recording Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kenneth H. Crain of Irving, Texas, and William K. Vanover of Crowley, Texas, have developed a method for recording changes in visual stimuli as a user interacts with the visual stimuli. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Malaysian Inventors Develop Web Browser Interface Accelerator
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Choon Wee Koay of Georgetown, Malaysia, and Siew Beng Thum of Penang, Malaysia, have developed a method of assigning accelerator keys to links displayed within a network application program such as a browser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Puddle type Developing Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Akihiko Nakamura and Yoshihiro Inao, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a developing apparatus and a method in which the use amount of a developing solution can be reduced without deteriorating the accuracy of development. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Toothbrush
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Adrian Pfenniger and Franz Fischer, both of Triengen, Switzerland, and Martin Zwimpfer of Lucerne, Switzerland, have developed a toothbrush has a toothbrush body and a handle part wherein a toothpaste container can be removably inserted therein. According to ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Portable Media Playing Device Menu Structure
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Xiuzhi Gao of Mount Prospect, Ill., Timothy Johnson of Algonquin, Ill., Jeffrey P. Crowell of Elmhurst, Ill., and Joseph Born of Lincolnwood, Ill., have developed a customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device. According to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cartridge type Liquid Feeding Container
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Yoshio Noguchi of Kawagoe, Japan, has developed a cartridge type liquid feeding container with a cartridge for housing a liquid such as cosmetic ink, writing ink, correction liquid, etc. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge type ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Thermally Transcribing Printer
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kunio Sawai of Osaka, Japan, has developed a thermally transcribing printer and an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a thermally transcribing printer including a frame, a roller shaft, a roller shaft drive gear ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electric Document Real Name Word Map Creation Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Makoto Sato of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed an apparatus and a method for creating a map of a real name word to an anonymous word for an electronic document. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anonymous level decision unit decides ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Multi-Connector Optical Cable Assembly
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Eric S. Quinby of Hickory, N.C., and Eric J. Leichter of Newton, N.C., have developed an optical cable assembly with a plurality of optical fibers each having a first end and a second end. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The plurality of ...
British Inventor Develops Marker Pen with Tubular Housing
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Terence W. Bolton of Turners Hill, Great Britain, has developed a marker pen which comprises a tubular housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marker pen comprises a tubular housing from one end of which protrudes a first fluid ...
British Inventor Develops Marker Pen
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Andrew John Obsorne of West Sussex, Great Britain, has developed a marker pen that has a housing at one end of which protrudes a plurality of fluid retaining nibs each shaped to define along an upper surface a ridge. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Distributed Computing System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Shashank Joshi and Krishna Garimella, both of San Jose, Calif., Umesh Bellur of Sunnyvale, Calif., Yan Or of San Ramon, Calif., and Vinu Sundaresan of Fremont, Calif., have developed a method for defining a business service for a multitier compute ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Development Support Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Shigeki Mabuchi and Masanori Fujisawa, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a system for supporting development of an integrated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology for promoting distribution of Internet protocols (IPs) ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automatic Mechanical Pencil
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Hiroyuki Kanari and Yasuhiro Sanpei, both of Fukushima-ken, Japan, have developed an automatic mechanical pencil and a method of assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic mechanical pencil has a tubular piece removably ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Telephone Portable Terminal
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Tadayoshi Yamamoto of Kato-gun, Japan, and Takashi Tanii of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a portable terminal, a portable telephone and a master slave portable telephone system that uses the portable terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventors Develop Data Processing Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Steven D. Lamb of Woodinville, Wash., and Adam M. Feldstein of Seattle, have developed a method for displaying data values on a client computing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is embodied in a system and ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Cosmetic Structure
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kun Lan Lou of Changhua, Taiwan, has developed a cosmetic structure that includes a sleeve a middle section of which is formed with an annular stopper section defining a fitting hole. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cock is fitted in ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Spelling, Grammar Checking Computer Implemented Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Yves Schabes of Boston, and Emmanuel Roche of Belmont, Mass., have developed a computer implemented method of correcting a misspelled word in input text. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System of correcting misspelled words in input text ...
Washington Inventors Develop Content Annotation Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- David M. Bargeron of Seattle, and Anoop Gupta of Woodinville, Wash., have developed a common annotation framework. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Common annotation framework includes, in an embodiment, an annotation having a context ...
Washington Inventors Develop Electronic Mail Client Application Program
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Rebekah Yozell-Epstein and Hernan Savastano, both of Seattle, and Aaron Hartwell of Duvall, Wash., have developed a method and a computer-readable medium for previewing and performing actions on attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the U.S ....
German Inventor Develops Fiber Optic Connector
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Nicholas Brownjohn of Buxtehude, Germany, has developed a fiber optic connector assembly which includes first and second parts that can be physically connected together and separated from one another. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each ...
German Inventors Develop Electrical Machines Prestressed Bearing
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Maik Zernikow of Hildesheim, Germany, Oliver Eckert of Remseck, Germany, and Ngoc-Thach Nguyen of Grossbottwar, Germany, have developed a prestressed bearing for electrical machines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
New York Inventors Develop Document Component Layout Generation Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Lisa S Purvis of Fairport, N.Y., and Steven J Harrington of Webster, N.Y., have developed a constraint-optimization system and a method for document component layout generation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is disclosed is a ...
Australian Inventors Develop Network-based Browsing Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- James Robert Metcalfe of Killara, Australia, and John Stewart Reeves of Gladesville, Australia, have developed a method of presenting search results obtained from a search conducted over a computer network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rolling Bearing
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Takashi Iwata of Nara, Japan, has developed a a rolling bearing that is suitably used for a pulley for a compressor of car air-conditioners and for an idler pulley. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes: an inner ...
Washington Inventors Develop Electronic Document Display Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Darryl E. Rubin, Jonathan C. Cluts and John L. Beezer, all from Redmond, Wash., and Susan D. Woolf of Seattle, have developed methods and an apparatus for displaying multiple contexts in electronic documents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Bistable Magnetic Valve Controlling Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Stephan Bolz of Pfatter, Germany, and Gu Lugert of Regensburg, Germany, have developed a circuit arrangement and a method for controlling a bistable magnetic valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "circuit ...
Florida Inventor Develops Switchable Lightning Arrester System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Michael L. Prelec of Deland, Fla., has developed switchable contact of lightning arresters to power lines on power poles and on or near transformers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The switchable lightning-arrester system has a ...
Utah Inventor Develops Forward Error Correction Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Carl Christensen of South Jordan, Utah, has developed a method of forward error correction of digital signals suitable for use in broadcast routers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "iterative method of ...
Delaware, Virginia Inventors Develop Spun Yarn
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Geoffrey Hietpas of Newark, Del., and Steven Smith of Waynesboro, Va., have developed spun yarn comprising polyester staple fiber and cotton. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a woven fabric comprising at least about ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Paper Supply Unit
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Young-min Kim and Sang-cheol Park, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a paper supply unit for an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "paper supply unit including a front cover ...
Australian Inventor Develops Split Tree Data Structure
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Pawel Rej of Carlingford, Australia, has developed a document formatting method that uses input trees. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for creating a split tree is provided. Marks are assigned to an input tree, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Yuji Arai of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an image forming apparatus and a method of mounting and dismounting a waste toner bottle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus of the present invention is operable with a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Hiroshi Ozaki of Tokyo has developed an image forming apparatus for forming an image onto paper. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image input/output apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit which is constructed ...
German Inventors Develop Data Stream Defect Compensating Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Axel Kochale of Springe, Germany, and Stefan Rapp of Schramberg, Germany, have developed a method for bit recovery in an asymmetric data channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A demodulator performs bit recovery in an asymmetric data ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Broadcasting Satellite Converter
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Masato Hirai of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a satellite broadcasting converter, a control circuit incorporated therein, and a detector circuit used in such control circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a broadcasting satellite ...
Massachusetts, Illinois Inventors Develop Fiber Optic Component Bezel
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Jeffrey Estrella of Tewksbury, Mass., and George Ashouri of Wheaton, Ill., have developed a bezel for connecting an optical attenuator to an optical coupler. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "bezel for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Seitaro Kasahara of Hachioji, Japan, has developed an image forming system with switching section for stackers and an image forming method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming system including: an ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Waste Toner Collecting Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Chung-guk Baek of Suwon-si, South Korea, Dong-hoon Park of Osan-si, South Korea, and Jun-ho Lee of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a waste toner collecting apparatus for separating waste toner from a photosensitive medium and for storing the separated waste ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Document Image Scanning Device
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kazuyuki Oya and Yoshitaka Nose, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a document image scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A document image scanning device includes two scanning units provided along a document transportation ...
German Inventor Develops Vapor Phase Deposition Furnace
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Ioannis Dotsikas of Dresden, Germany, has developed a method and a furnace for the vapor phase deposition of components onto semiconductor substrates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The main flow direction of the process gases can be ...
California Inventors Develop Policy Developer Studio Design System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Luis Valente of Palo Alto, Calif., John R. Guzik of San Jose, Calif., and Derek P. Pearcy of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a policy developer studio design system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A policy developer studio ...
California, Arizona Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Shopping List Holder
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Michael J. Strasser and William G. Tammen, both of Lafayette, Calif., Michael J. Buerchner of Campbell, Calif., and Christopher N. Pericles of Phoenix, have developed an ornamental design for a shopping list holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Electro-Static Discharge Power Clamp
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- William R. Griesbach of Pocono Pines, Pa., and Che Choi C. Leung of Northampton County, Pa., have developed an electro-static discharge (ESD) power clamping circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ESD power clamp utilizes both a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Electro-Magnet Protection System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Michael Pollock of Troy, Mich., and Fred Kahl of Grosse Ile, Mich., have developed a system for protecting an electro-magnet from an over voltage condition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus ...
New York Inventors Develop Broadband Video Distribution System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Dah-Weih Duan of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Aparna Pappu of White Plains, N.Y., Monsong Chen of Katonah, N.Y., and Bodhi Mukherjee of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., have developed a broadband video distribution system using segments. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Serial Turbo Trellis Coded Modulation System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Dariush Divsalar of Pacific Palisades, Calif., Sam Dolinar of Sunland, Calif., and Fabrizio Pollara of Lacanada, Calif., have developed an encoding system configured to output symbols. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coding system uses ...
Nevada Inventor Develops Power Line Based Communication System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Clifford A. Davidow of Reno, Nev., has developed high data rate communication systems that are being partially serviced across a power grid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power line based communication system includes a powerline ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Protein Matrix for Tissue Engineering
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Jason C. Schense and Shelly E. Sakiyama, both of Zurich, Switzerland, and Jeffrey A. Hubbell of Zumikon, Switzerland, have developed materials useful in the support of tissue and cell incorporation and growth. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Communication Network Communicating Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Athanassios Diacakis and Daniel Cohen, both of Pittsburgh, have developed a system and a method for filtering unavailable devices in a presence and availability management system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Combined Rail Member, Connector
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Paul E. Brefka of Southborough, Mass., and Barbara Van Reed of Douglas, Mass., have developed an ornamental design for a combined rail member and connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D547,024 on ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Filtered Grey Water Recycling System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Ross E. Perry and Paula K. Perry, both of Exeter, N.H., have developed a system of water filtration and recycling for stone fabrication equipment for exterior and architectural stone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtered grey water ...
California, Georgia Inventors Develop Cable Plant Certification Procedure
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Guenter E. Roeck and Chrisanto Leano, both of San Jose, Calif., Mark E. Millet of Mountain View, Calif., and James A. Clark of Cumming, Ga., have developed a system for testing a cable network during normal operation interleaves test signals with live data ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Binary Data Error-correction Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Mats Naslund of Vallingby, Sweden, and Rolf Blom of Jarfalla, Sweden, have developed a method of error correction that uses finite fields of odd characteristics on binary hardware. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Binary data representing ...
British Inventor Develops Software Code Validating System
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Marco Casassa Mont of Gifford, Great Britain, has developed a method and a system for validating software code. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method and system is provided for validating software ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Lawn Mower
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kevin D. Docken of Chanhassen, Minn., and Joseph S. Sauvageau of Bloomington, Minn., have developed a walk-behind lawn mower with a cord guide system for routing a recoil starter cord relative to a handle assembly of the mower. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Post Offset Spacer Cleaning Method
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- William George En of Milpitas, Calif., Eric N. Paton of Morgan Hills, Calif., and Scott D. Luning of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., have developed methods for post offset spacer clean for improved selective epitaxy silicon growth. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Vehicle Collection Container
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Bart Evers of Haaksbergen, Netherlands, has developed a collection container for a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collection container on a vehicle for lawn, garden, or property care may be connected to the vehicle so as to be ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Low Complexity Channel Decoder
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Daniel Yellin of Raanana, Israel, and Doron Rainish of Ramat-Gan, Israel, have developed a method for decoding channel-encoded date in which packet of encoded data is received and decoded, using a look-up table that stores information approximating output of an ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Swiveling Hose Cart
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Robert J. Stein of Aurora, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a swiveling hose cart, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D547,021 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to Suncast Corp., ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Apparatus
Jul 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Kuniyasu Kimura and Toshiyuki Miyake, both of Ibaraki, Japan, Takayuki Fujii of Tokyo, and Yasuo Fukatsu of Chiba, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming ...