US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, July 18:
California, Washington Inventors Develop Internet Access Web Browser
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Fabrice Chupin of Los Altos, Calif., David Smith of Cupertino, Calif., David Redkey of Santa Clara, Calif., and Scott Jarol of Gig Harbor, Wash., have developed a system and a method of a web browser with integrated features and controls. According to the U.S ....
German Inventor Develops Computer System Graphical User Interface
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Chris Adam of Norderstedt, Germany, has developed a graphical user interface (GUI), a synthesiser and a computer system including a GUI. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a GUI, a synthesizer and a computer ...
Russian Inventors Develop Ramptime Propagation Calculation Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Elyar E. Gasanov, Alexei V. Galatenko and Ilya V. Lyalin, all from Moscow, Russia, and Andrej A. Zolotykh of Fryazino, Russia, have developed a method for calculating ramptime propagation for integrated circuit layout patterns having pins interconnected in an oriented ...
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Web Page Display Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Sampo J. Kaasila of Plaistow, N.H., and John S. Collins of Boston, have developed methods, systems, and a programming for computer display of images, text, and/or digital content. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bitmap of a shape, such ...
California Inventors Develop Presenter's Desktop Sharing Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ilya Teplov, Aleksey Skurikhin and Alex Fedotov, all from Foster City, Calif., and Paul Huck of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method of facilitating the reproduction of a presenter's desktop for attendees of a real-time collaboration. According to the ...
Indian Inventors Develop State Node Identification Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Tathagato Rai Dastidar and Partha Ray, both of Bangalore, India, have developed a topological analysis based method for identifying state nodes in a sequential digital circuit at the transistor level. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "State ...
North Carolina, Texas Inventors Develop Noise Functional Simulation Media
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Chad Everett Winemiller and Joseph David Mendenhall, both of Cary, N.C., Robert Brian Likovich Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., John Christopher Morris of Durham, N.C., and Robert James Reese of Austin, Texas, have developed methods, systems, and a media for functional ...
British Inventors Develop Draught Alcoholic Beverage Dispensing Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Simon Daniel Scullion and Peter Thomas Foster, both of Burton-on-Trent, Great Britain, and Stephen Paul Smith of Ashbourne, Great Britain, have developed a method of cooling a draught alcoholic beverage in a vessel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Ready-to-Eat Food Product
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- William F. Racicot of Deer Park, Ill., and Marcus H. Parsons of Crystal Lake, Ill., have developed food products of reduced density and increased perceived sweetness and process of production. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Food products ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Device Design Optimization Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- David Ward of Broomfield, Colo., has developed a method for optimizing integrated circuit device design and service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved analysis and refinement of integrated circuit device design and other programs ...
California Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Layout Pattern Module Layout System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Alexander Andreev and Ivan Pavisic, both of San Jose, Calif., and Anatoli Bolotov of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a system for layout of a module in an integrated circuit layout pattern which has a cell library and a cell placement system. According to ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Electronic Imaging Device Navigation Keys
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Robert P. Morris of Raleigh, N.C., and Stephen G. Sullivan of Mountain View, Calif., have developed multipurpose navigation keys for an electronic imaging device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and ...
German Inventors Develop Graphical User Interface Element
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Volker Sauermann and Arne Schwarz, both of Heidelberg, Germany, and Axel Von Bergen of Wiesloch, Germany, have developed a graphical user interface element for modifying parameters of a graphing widget. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Center-Filled Chewing Gum
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Jesse John Kiefer of Belvidere, N.J., Hector Olaya of Parsippany, N.J., Carolina Buitron Kellstein of Bridgewater, N.J., and Blake Henderson Glenn of Oak Ridge, N.J., have developed a center-filled chewing gum containing a deliverable form of ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Mushroom Wine
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- In Sung Lee of Ontario, Canada, has developed a process for making mushroom wine, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,244,456 on July 17. The original application was filed on Oct. 22, 2005, and ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hand Shower
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Victor Hoernig of Lowell, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for a hand shower, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,918 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to Masco Corp. of Indiana, ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Mixer Tap
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Erik Demmer and Christian Schaffler, both of Munich, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a mixer tap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D546,922 on July 17. The patent has been ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Drilling Machine Backreamer
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Tod J. Michael of Chariton, Iowa, has developed backreamers for use with drilling machines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to back reamers having bases including leading ends that can be connected to a ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bathtub
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Shawn Ian Bruce of Los Angeles has developed an ornamental design for a bathtub, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,925 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to Jason International Inc., ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Multitasking Graphical User Interface
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Brian Finlay Beaton of Orleans, Canada, and Colin Donald Smith of Ottawa, have developed a telecommunications device that permits a user to perform several communication related tasks concurrently. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Expansion Valve
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kazuto Kobayashi and Toshimichi Kureha, both of Tokyo, have developed an ornamental design for an expansion valve, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D546,921 on July 17. The patent has been ...
Washington Inventors Develop Electronic Spreadsheet Management Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kent Rogers Lowry and Mark S. Igra, both of Seattle, Robert Wayne Coffen of Redmond, Wash., and Eric Lawrence Matteson of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a method for automatically extending a format to include a cell in an electronic spreadsheet. According to ...
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida Inventors Develop Professional Time Tracking, Reporting System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Charles J. Zapiec of Yardley, Pa., Daniel A. Greenberg of Kendell Park, N.J., and Mark Winwood of Longwood, Fla., have developed a method of automatically recording Internet activity performed by a user on behalf of a client of the user. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Quoted Text Detection Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Jing Yee Lim of Santa Clara, Calif., and Paul Buchheit of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a method of detection and display of quoted text within an email message. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Valve
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Terrence M. Fulkerson of Brunswick Hills, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for a valve, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,920 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to Nordson ...
New York Inventors Develop Browser Toolbar Information Presenting Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Dobronsky Oren and Gabriella Karni, both of New York, have developed a method and a system for dynamically providing the on-demand addition of graphic and other information to a web brower's toolbar. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Washington Inventors Develop Video Composition Authoring Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kentaro Toyama of Redmond, Wash., Andreas Soupliotis of Bothell, Wash., and Sheldon R. Fisher of Sammamish, Wash., have developed a system and a method for automatically authoring video compositions from digitized video. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sink
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Brigitte Ziemann of Eppingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a 'sink,' the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,928 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to Blanco GmbH + Co. KG, ...
California Inventor Develops Computer Aided Design Model
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kenneth L Davis of San Diego has developed a method of conveying design information of a computer aided design (CAD) model through multimedia associated with the CAD model. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes computer ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Showerhead
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Noah Dingler of Waterford, Mich., Dennis J. Wrobleski of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Dominic Daunter of Howell, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a showerhead, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Sink
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Wolfgang Schneider and Brigitte Ziemann, both of Eppingen, Germany, and Michael Osterroth of Waghausel, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a 'sink,' the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Danish Inventor Develops Liquid Smoke Preparation Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kim Plaschke of N.ae butted stved, Denmark, has developed a method of preparing liquid smoke. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of preparing a smoke extract, which method comprises the steps of preparing a ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Speaker
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Glenn Smith of Cypress, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a speaker, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,816 on July 17. The original application was filed on April 26, 2006, and ...
California Inventors Develop Ring Laser Gyroscope
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kenneth Marino of Oak Park, Calif., Daniel A. Tazartes of West Hills, Calif., and Charles Volk of Newbury Park, Calif., have developed ring laser gyroscope that does not require mirrors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment of ...
Florida, Washington, California Inventors Develop Meat Tenderizing Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- John Long of Sarasota, Fla., Peter Thomsen of Richland, Wash., and Don Waits of El Cerrito, Calif., have developed a method of tenderizing meat and/or killing microbes in meat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating meat by ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Well Experiencing Gas Kicks Control Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Javed Shah of Edmonton, Canada, has developed a method of controlling a well experiencing gas kicks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of controlling a well experiencing gas kicks, which includes the step ...
Illinois, Idaho Inventors Develop Tripolyphosphate Pet Food Palatability Enhancer
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Zulin Shi of Naperville, Ill., Jiunn-Yann Tang of Oak Brook, Ill., Huoy-Jiun Wang of Aurora, Ill., and Yanien Lee of Blackfoot, Idaho, have developed a method of increasing the palatability of an extruded pet food product. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventor Develops Java Based Report Generator
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Andres Alfonso Monterrosas of Boca Raton, Fla., have developed an advanced Java rich text format generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Java based report generator for creating advanced graphics and text documents in Rich Text ...
British Inventor Develops Object Appearance Representation Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Miroslaw Bober of Guildford, Great Britain, has developed a method for representation of an object appearing, for example, in a still or video image, such as an image stored in a multimedia database. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Gate Valve Sealing Structure
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Michael Gagas of Franklin, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a gate valve sealing structure, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,924 on July 17. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventor Develop Image Processing Apparatus
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Tomohiko Matsuura of Tochigi, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus for changing an image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of this invention is to efficiently attain noise removal. In order to achieve the object, ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Single Handle Spout
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Carlos Castellanos of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a single handle spout, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,923 on July 17. The patent has been assigned ...
Louisiana Inventor Develops Multi Seam Coal Bed/Methane Dewatering System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Robert Gardes of Lafayette, La., has developed a system and a method for dewatering and producing gas from coalbed and shale seams utilizing underbalanced multilateral drilling techniques. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Tetsujiro Kondo of Tokyo has developed an image processing apparatus for processing the image signal of a plurality of continuous frames. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foreground extracting section extracts the foreground of each of ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Document Normalization Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- James Patrick Goodwin of Beverly, Mass., and Paul Lewis Wilson of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a method for using extensible markup language (XML) to normalize one or more object repositories. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
California Inventors Develop Telephony Communication System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Petr Makagon and Andriy Ryabchun, both of San Francisco, and Nikolay Anisimov of Concord, Calif., have developed a network system for enabling voice interaction between communications-center applications and human agents remote from the center. According to ...
California Inventors Develop Endoscopic Surgery Instrument
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Braden Robison of Fremont, Calif., and Alan Ackley of Silverado, Calif., have developed a surgical instrument usable for endoscopic surgery and having an outer member and an inner member movable in the outer member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Ultrasonic Hand Piece Transverse Vibration Detection Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Eitan T. Wiener and William T. Donofrio, both of Cincinnati, have developed a method for detecting transverse vibrations in an ultrasonic hand piece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting transverse mode vibrations in an ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Kinetic Spray Nozzle Design
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Thomas Hubert Van Steenkiste of Ray, Mich., has developed an improved nozzle for use in kinetic spray systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nozzle includes a supersonic portion comprising a tubular section and a flow regulator. A ...
California Inventors Develop Body Fluid Sampling System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Dominique M. Freeman of La Honda, Calif., Dirk Boecker of Palo Alto, Calif., and Don Alden of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop High-Pressure Mandrel Cup Tool
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Bob McGuire of Oklahoma City, and Danny Lee Artherholt of Asher, Okla., have developed a cup tool that includes a cup tool tube having a threaded upper end for connection to a high-pressure mandrel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Laser Light Transmissivity Measuring Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Kin-Ming Kwan and Jonathan H. Laurer, both of Lexington, Ky., David T. Shadwick of Versailles, Ky., and Audrey D. Rodgers of Lawrenceburg, Ky., have developed a method for measuring laser light transmissivity before laser welding. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Receiver Detection Technique
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Chunbing Guo of Eatontown, N.J., and Fuji Yang of Holmdel, N.J., have developed a method and an apparatus for receiver detection on a peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-express bus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and ...
U.S., Australian Inventors Develop Depth Maps Compression Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Andrew Millin of Santa Monica, Calif., and Philip Victor Harman of Scarborough, Australia, have developed a method of compressing depth maps. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of compressing depth maps ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Amino Acid Derivative
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Yusuke Amino and Kazuko Hirasawa, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a novel amino acid derivative, and a salt for thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a novel amino acid derivative, and a salt for ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Internet Collaboration Site Creation Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Julio Estrada of Carlisle, Mass., and Maurice B. Shore of Concord, Mass., have developed a method and a system for importing hypertext markup language (HTML) forms. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collaboration space object model provides ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Metal Pipe Treatment Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Takahiro Takano and Mituo Watanabe, both of Wakayama, Japan, have developed a method for surface treatment of metal pipes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for surface treating metal pipes includes introducing a ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Beta-Phase Nickel Aluminide Overlay Coating Process
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Theodore Robert Grossman of Hamilton, Ohio, Ramgopal Darolia of West Chester, Ohio, and Joseph David Rigney of Milford, Ohio, have developed a process for a beta-phase nickel aluminide overlay coating. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
British Inventor Develops Liquid Solution Analytes Analysing Optical Device
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Nikolai Franz Gregor Schwabe of Oxford, Great Britain, has developed a device and a method for investigating analytes in liquid suspension or solution. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical detection device is provided for analysing ...
German Inventors Develop Images Coding/Decoding System
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Gabi Blaettermann and Detlev Marpe, both of Berlin, have developed a method and a system for coding or decoding a series of images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are provided for coding or decoding a series of ...
Texas Inventors Develop Wellbore Operations Monitoring Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- William Leo Koederitz of Cedar Park, Texas, and Terry Lynn Tarvin of Austin, Texas, have developed a method for monitoring and controlling wellbore drilling operations in real time. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Electrical Power Transmissions System Protection Method
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Martin S. Niles of Lac La Biche, Canada, has developed a method and apparatus for protecting electrical power transmissions systems that may or may not be energized. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two part resin composition acting as a ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Paint Spray Gun
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Wayne Robens of Lakeville, Minn., and Timothy W. Ziegler of Independence, Minn., have developed a paint spray gun and range finder for positioning the gun with respect to a target surface to be sprayed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fishing Rod Connector
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ming-Yi Lin of Tainan, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a fishing rod connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D546,917 on July 17. The original application was filed on Oct. 10, ...
Texas Inventor Develops Elastic Memory Foam Formation Apparatus
Jul 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Bennett Richard of Kingwood, Texas, has developed a method and an apparatus for forming elastic memory foam. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for forming an elastic memory foam into an ...