US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, September 12:
STATE FUNDING, LOCAL LAND TRUST EFFORTS HELP KEEP SALINAS-AREA FARM IN AGRICULTURE FOREVER
Sep 12, 2007 ... The California Department of Conservation issued the following press release: Kimberly and Daniel DeSerpa spent only a portion of their childhood living on the farm their great grandfather established in the late 1800s near Salinas. Yet the small farm made such an impression on them that ...
Japanese Inventors Develop On-Vehicle Air Conditioner
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Toshiyuki Ebara, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Osamu Kuwabara and Toshikazu Ishihara, all from Osaka, Japan, have developed an on-vehicle air-conditioner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an on-vehicle air-conditioner, ...
Washington Inventors Develop Spray Cooling System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Charles L. Tilton, Donald E. Tilton and George J. Wos, all from Colton, Wash., Ryan J. Baddeley of Liberty Lake, Wash., and Tahir Cader of Pullman, Wash., have developed a spray cooling system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Cooling System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Kaname Sasaki of Kashiwa, Japan, Hiroaki Doi of Tsuchiura, Japan, Haruki Hamada of Naka, Japan, Masaaki Hayashi of Hitachinaka, Japan, and Ryuichi Saito of Hitachi, Japan, have developed a cooling system for a motor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Heated Dispenser Door
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Diane Marie Dehli of Louisville, Ky., has developed a method of heating a dispenser door. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of heating a dispenser door by applying direct heat to only a peripheral region ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Fluid Delivery Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Steven M. Knowles of Silver Lake, Ind., has developed a fluid delivery apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery apparatus provides for controlled delivery of fluids into a fluid system. The fluid delivery apparatus can ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Temperature Controlled Service Case
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Mark Lane of Acworth, Ga., Yakov Arshansky of Conyers, Ga., David K. Hinde of Rex, Ga., Richard N. Walker of Monroe, Ga., and Michael B. Davidson of Mississauga, Canada, have developed a temperature controlled service case for frozen products. According to ...
California Inventor Develops Temperature Control System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Dennis S. Clark of Torrance, Calif., has developed a temperature control system for a nitrous oxide pressurized storage bottle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature control system for maintaining a nitrous oxide pressurized ...
L-3 Communications Westwood Wins $32,170 Contract
Sep 12, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $32,170 contract to L-3 Communications Westwood Corp., Tulsa, Okla., for display units. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information about ...
DESPITE HOUSE ACTION, MEXICAN TRUCKS TO TRAVEL TO CHICAGO
Sep 12, 2007 ... Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill. (6th CD), has issued the following column: For the last 25 years, Mexican-domiciled trucks, trucking companies and drivers have been limited to operating within a 25-mile zone along our southern border. However, despite legislation passed by the U.S. House of ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Secure Infra Red Communication System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Laszlo Elteto of Irvine, Calif., Reed H. Tibbetts of Tustin, Calif., Mehdi Sotoodeh of Mission Viejo, Calif., Calvin W. Long of Arcadia, Calif., Shawn D. Abbott of Calgary, Canada, and James Khalaf of Santa Ana, Canada, have developed a keypad and token communication ...
Texas Inventors Develop Natural Gas Liquefaction System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Donald Prible of Spring, Texas, Robert R. Huebel of Sugar Land, Texas, and Jorge H. Foglietta of Missouri City, Ttxas, have developed a system for liquefaction of natural gas offshore. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Temperature Control Device
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Jin Ho Jung of Busan, South Korea, has developed a temperature control method for a refrigerating apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature control device and temperature control method for a refrigerating apparatus are ...
Texas Inventors Develop Natural Gas Processing Process
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- John D. Wilkinson and Hank M. Hudson, both of Midland, Texas, and Kyle T. Cuellar of Katy, Texas, have developed a process for processing natural gas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for liquefying natural gas in conjunction ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Inter-Region Thermal Complementary System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Makoto Sano, Kuniaki Kawamura, Junji Matsuda, Katsumi Fujima, Takanori Kudo, Youichi Kawazu, Choiku Yoshikawa and Syuji Fukano, all from Tokyo, have developed an inter-region thermal complementary system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Enhanced Television Transmission System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Jim B. Estipona of Portland, Ore., has developed an enhanced television transmission system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enhanced television broadcasts including triggers with expires attributes may be utilized in a variety of ...
Indian Inventor Develops Secure Zone Development Environment Access Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Omkumar Seshadri of Karnataka, India, has developed a system for access to development environment of another in a secure zone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 'Design Zones' system provides a highly secure common resource computing ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Broadcasting System Receiver
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Takehisa Yamaguchi and Akira Kawabata, both of Ikoma, Japan, Hideki Nagata of Kobe, Japan, Masato Fujii of Nagaokakyo, Japan, Yasuaki Serita of Sakai, Japan, Yoshiyuki Tamai of Toyokawa, Japan, Hiroshi Hatano of Takatsuki, Japan, Yasumasa Sawai of Yamatotakada, ...
California Inventors Develop Mobile Application Security System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Chris Rygaard and Morris J. Bisted Jr., both of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a mobile application security system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mobile application security system and method in accordance with the invention ...
Washington Inventors Develop Coolant Recovery System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Charles L. Tilton, Donald D. Tilton and George J. Wos, all from Colton, Wash., and Tahir Cader of Pullman, Wash., have developed a coolant recovery system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "coolant recovery ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Mobile Terminal Virus Resistant Security Module Architecture
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Sandeep Chennakeshu of Cary, N.C., and William O. Camp Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C., have developed a design architecture for enhanced mobile terminal security. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "mobile terminal having ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Refrigeration System with Heat Exchanger
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Yoshihiko Seno and Osamu Kamoshida, both of Tokyo, have developed a refrigeration system using the heat exchanger. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger with a receiver tank is provided with a multi-flow type heat-exchange ...
California Inventors Develop Remotely Configurable Network Security Firewall
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Ralph E. Wesinger Jr. of San Jose, Calif., and Christopher D. Coley of Morgan Hill, Calif., have developed a remotely configurable network security firewall. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote configurator for a gateway device is ...
Raytheon Technical Services Wins $480,488 Contract
Sep 12, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $480,488 contract to Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, for the repair and modification of mechanism assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Signal Technology Wins $20,000 Contract
Sep 12, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $20,000 contract to Signal Technology Corp., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for the repair and modification of power supplies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more ...
Crane Wins $160,644 Contract
Sep 12, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $160,644 contract to Crane Co., Elyria, Ohio, for rotary pumps. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed News contract ...
Maryland, Georgia Inventors Develop Cable Television Delivery System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- John S. Hendricks of Potomac, Md., Alfred E. Bonner of Bethesda, Md., John P. Lappington of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Richard E. Wunderlich of Alpharetta, Ga., have developed a digital cable headend for cable television delivery system. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Address Book Accessing System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- David Park of Torrance, Calif., and Truc D. Nguyen of San Diego, have developed a system to access address books. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method and system for initiating an information transmission, such as ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Shukei Kurihara of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an information processing apparatus for color printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "information processing apparatus which can obtain a normal print result ...
New York Inventors Develop Interactive Television Advertising Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Peter M. Redling of New York City, N.Y., and Jackie Skipper Barrios of New York, have developed an interactive television advertising method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of providing advertising from ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Write Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Minoru Koshimizu, Daisuke Tsuda, Yasunori Saito, Tsunemasa Mita, Masaaki Araki and Naoki Hiji, all from Ebina, Japan, have developed an optical write apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical write apparatus has an image ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Multiprocessor Control method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Ryuta Tanaka, Norichika Kumamoto, Toru Tsuruta, Ritsuko Tanaka and Teruo Ishihara, all from Kawasaki, Japan, and Nobuyuki Iwasaki of Fukuoka, Japan, have developed a multiprocessor control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
New York Inventors Develop Multiple Programs Remultiplexer Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Julio Nogima of White Plains, N.Y., and Frank A. Schaffa of Hartsdale, N.Y., have developed a remultiplexer apparatus for processing multimedia input streams. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Print Data Transmission Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Heather Laudan Clark and Duane Edward Norris, both of Lexington, Ky., have developed a system for processing multiple compressed print data streams. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method for ...
California Inventors Develop Microprocessor Code Download Facilitating System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Brian J. Smith of Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Eric Schafer of Carlsbad, Calif., have developed a device for receiving a remote download of microprocessor program code. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote download of microprocessor code ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Satoshi Ookuma of Ohta-ku, Japan, has developed an image forming device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming devices each having a reading unit that can read an image. The image ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Media Performance Delivery Device
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Scott R. Swix of Duluth, Ga., and William R. Matz of Atlanta, have developed a method of managing television viewing activities. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provide an incentive for a viewer to watch and react ...
Idaho, California Inventors Develop Liquid Carbon Dioxide Stream Producing Device
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Kelly Leitch of Nampa, Idaho, and Danny Silveira of Tracy, Calif., have developed a method for producing a purified and pressurized liquid carbon dioxide stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batch process and apparatus for producing ...
California Inventor Develops Particular Resource Locating Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Michael Yiupun Kwong of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a method for retrieving a particular resource. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus, including a memory for receiving a resource descriptor, the resource ...
British Inventors Develop Self-Cooling Can
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Paul Charles Claydon and Paul Robert Dunwoody, both of Oxon, Great Britain, Stephen Robert Arnell of Swindon, Great Britain, Christopher Paul Ramsey of Wantage, Great Britain, and Michael Stephane Spottiswoode of Oxford, Great Britain, have developed Self-cooling ...
California Inventor Develops Memory Address Space Allocation Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Jan Civlin of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a method for dynamic allocation of memory address space. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for dynamic allocation of memory address space, an original version of a program is ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Internet Television Program Guide System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Franklin E Boyer of Cleveland, Okla., and Timothy B Demers of Tulsa, Okla., have developed an Internet television program guide system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Internet television program guide system is provided that allows a ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Document Delivery Expert System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Douglas J. Ranalli and Shelley J. Ranalli, both of Cambridge, Mass., Robert Hubener of Topsfield, Mass., Valerie Louise Johns of Wellesley, Mass., Lori Baumgartner of Burlington, Mass., and Diana Li of Woburn, Mass., have developed a method of delivery of facsimile ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Tomoya Sato of Tokyo has developed an image processing apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An image processing apparatus comprises a connector to connect the apparatus to a network to which ...
Washington, Oregon Inventors Develop Module Goodness Metric Measuring Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Regis J. Crinon of Camas, Wash., and James C. Stanley of Portland, Ore., have developed a method of information transmission. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of determining a goodness metric of a module ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Status Information Printing System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Sunao Murata of Nagano, Japan, has developed a status information printing program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "If the printer generates the printing data itself completely, the processor in the printer generates the printing data ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disc Type Recording Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Hideaki Tsutsumi and Yoichiro Mitsumoto, both of Tokyo, and Hisashi Negoro of Chiba, Japan, have developed a disc type recording and reproducing apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A disc type ...
German Inventors Develop Gas, Steam Turbine Installation Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Claus Grewe of Essen, Germany, Frank Hannemann of Spardorf, Germany, and Ulrich Schiffers of Eckental, Germany, have developed a gas and steam turbine installation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a method ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Distribution Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Shinji Negishi and Hideki Koyanagi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Yoichi Yagasaki of Tokyo, have developed a data distribution system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A special playback controller receives a special playback request from ...
REP. SOLIS ISSUES STATEMENT ON PETRAEUS, CROCKER TESTIMONY
Sep 12, 2007 ... Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif. (32nd CD), issued the following statement: Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (CA-32) released the following statement today in response to the testimony of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker to a joint House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs ...
Pennsylvania, New York Inventors Develop Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Treating Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- James F. McGuckin Jr. of Radnor, Pa., and Peter W. J. Hinchliffe of Campbell Hall, N.Y., have developed a gastroesophageal reflux disease treating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive surgical procedure is ...
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut Inventors Develop Physically Flexible Radiation-Emitting Probe
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Marc D. Friedman of Needham, Mass., Stephen Evans of Westford, Mass., Paul J. Zalesky of Cranston, R.I., Jon Dahm of Boulder, Colo., and Philip Levin of Storrs, Conn., have developed a physically flexible radiation-emitting probe. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Femoral Sizing Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- R. Scott Twomey of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Robert G Metzger of Wakarusa, Ind., have developed a femoral sizing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sizing apparatus for determining the anterior-posterior ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Complex Presentation Object Management Apparatus
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- John Thomas Varga, Calvin Larry Doescher, Lynn Mette Mastie, Robert William Goings, David Earl Stone and Dwight Ross Palmer, all from Longmont, Colo., Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Craig D. Brossman and Arthur Ray Roberts, all from Boulder, Colo., have developed an ...
California Inventor Develops Endoscopic Device
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Kenneth F. Binmoeller of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has developed an endoscopic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to endoscopic clips with multiple independently-controlled legs. The present invention also ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Handwriting Message Data Formation Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Naoto Kinjo of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a method of forming handwriting message data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image of a picture frame photographed on a photo film is displayed on a screen of an image input device, or is ...
California Inventors Develop Polymeric Bone Cement
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Brent R. Constantz and Duran Yetkinler, both of Cupertino, Calif., and David Delaney of Scotts Valley, Calif., have developed a bone defect filling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of employing bone defect filling, e.g., ...
California Inventors Develop Orthopedic Cement Delivery Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Duran Yetkinler and Brent Constantz, both of Cupertino, Calif., and David Delaney of Scotts Valley, Calif., have developed an orthopedic cement delivering method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are provided for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Medical Manipulator
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Makoto Jinno of Tokyo, and Takamitsu Sunaoshi of Kanagawa-Ken, Japan, have developed a medical manipulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical manipulator comprises a working unit that performs operations, an operating unit that ...
Indiana, Virginia, New York Inventors Develop Convertible Blood Clot Filter
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Nilesh Patel of Fishers, Ind., Kenneth P. Moresco of Alexandria, Va., and William M. Appling of Hartford, N.Y., have developed a convertible blood clot filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vena cava blood clot filter is described ...
Finnish, Hungarian Inventors Develop Tree Data Exchange Management Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Mikko Sahinoja of Tampere, Finland, and Rauno Hartikainen of Budapest, Hungary, have developed a method for handling objects containing management information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A management tree or nodes arranged ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Distal Protection System
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Joseph M. Thielen of Buffalo, Minn., has developed a distal protection system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distal protection and delivery system is used to collect and remove embolic debris in the blood vessel. The system includes ...
German Inventor Develops High Level Code Compiling Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Markus T. Metzger of Neu-Ulm, Germany, has developed an apparatus for compiling code. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The method and apparatus for compiling high level code is described. A method may be ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Exposure Data Generation Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Hiromi Hoshino of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an exposure data generation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "exposure data generation method for generating exposure data that can enhance exposure ...
Vermont Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Forming Method
Sep 12, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12 -- Howard S. Landis of Underhill, Vt., has developed a method of forming part of an integrated circuit. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Methods, systems, program products are disclosed that control ...