US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, October 4:
Illinois Inventors Develop Ice Cube-Making Machine
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- David Brett Gist of Grayslake, Ill., Matthew Allison of Mundelein, Ill., Daniel Leo Ziolkowski of Barrington, Ill., Michael Kraus of Lake Villa, Ill., and Michael J. Andresen of Round Lake Beach, Ill., have developed an integrated ice and beverage dispenser ....
Ohio Inventors Develop Cooling Fan Speed Control System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Bradley C. Errington of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Daniel Yelles of Marysville, Ohio, have developed a method for controlling a condenser cooling fan. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for ...
California Inventors Develop Medical Diagnostic Apparatus Signal Processing Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Martin Debreczeny of Danville, Calif., and Clark R. Baker Jr. of Castro Valley, Calif., have developed an apparatus for measuring a physiological parameter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and an apparatus ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Regenerator, Cryocooler
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Seon-Young Kim of Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea, has developed a regenerator and cryocooler. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regenerator includes a casing including a connection channel for making a high temperature part and a cooling part ...
Florida Inventors Develop Reduced Order Model Node Location Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Spyros Kyperountas of Boca Raton, Fla., Feng Niu of Weston, Fla., and Qicai Shi of Coral Springs, Fla., have developed a reduced order model (ROM) node location method for multi-hop networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Cortical Electrode Support Assembly
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- David A. Putz of Pewaukee, Wis., has developed a brain surgery support device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cortical electrode support assembly is provided having at least one cortical sensing device, preferably an electrode device, a ...
California Inventor Develops Duplexer with Input, Output Line
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michael Louis Frank of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a duplexer with a differential receiver port implemented using acoustic resonator elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duplexer includes an input/output line, a receive segment ...
French Inventors Develop Isochronous Resource Reserving Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Yvon Legallais of Rennes, France, Gilles Straub of Acigne, France, and Christophe Vincent of Gahard, France, have developed a method for reserving isochronous resources. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device and ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Mobile Communication System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Kari Horneman of Oulu, Finland, has developed a method for allocating information transfer capacity in mobile communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for allocating information transfer capacity in a mobile ...
German Inventors Develop Living Tissue Analyte Concentration Analysis System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Daniel Rohleder and Alexa Nagel, both of Mannheim, Germany, and Wolfgang Petrich of Bad Schonborn, Germany, have developed a living tissue analyte concentration analysis method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Light Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Hung-Hsiang Wang of Taichung County, Taiwan, has developed a light device for refrigerators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light device for refrigerators or freezers includes a sensor, a first manual switch, a rotatable switch, an ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Wireless Network Sensor
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Fred C. Tanzella of Atlanta, and Scott Hrastar of Duluth, Ga., have developed a method for sensing wireless local area network (LAN) activity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless network sensor includes a system data store capable ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Diesel Engine Fuel, Air Control Systems
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Syed M. Shahed of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Francesco Borrelli of Minneapolis, Gregory E. Stewart of Vancouver, Canada, have developed methods for controlling the flow of fuel and air in engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Cogeneration System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Eun Jun Cho and Yeong Seop Choe, both of Buchun-si, South Korea, Jae Won Lee and Yun Ho Ryu, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Baik young Chung of Inchun-si, South Korea, have developed a cogeneration system that includes a heat pump type air ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Patient Monitoring System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Don Brodnick of Cedarburg, Wis., has developed a patient monitoring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The patient monitoring system includes at least one monitoring cable, a plurality of connecting wires, and a plurality of ...
California Inventor Develop Refrigerant-Cycle Systems Monitor Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Lawrence Kates of Corona Del Mar, Calif., has developed an apparatus for monitoring refrigerant-cycle systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real-time monitoring system that monitors various aspects of the operation of a ...
Kansas, Missouri Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Dae-Sik Oh, Mark L. Yarkosky and David L. Morris, all from Overland Park, Kan., and Vicki L. Walton of Lone Jack, Mo., have developed systems of providing cellular communication system call service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
German Inventors Develop Sensor Device Mounting Plate Arrangement
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Markus Christoph of Regensburg, Germany, and Christian Plankl of Burgweinting, Germany, have developed a sensor device mounting plate arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sensor device containing a ...
Irish Inventors Develop Residential Fuel Oil Tank Level Reporting Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Peter Anthony McCarthy of Liscannor, Ireland, and Martin Robert Von Lintzgy of Scariff, Ireland, have developed a residential fuel oil tank level reporting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for indicating the oil level in a ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Active Queue Management Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- James Aweya, Delfin Montuno and Kent Felske, all from Kanata, Canada, and Michel Ouellette of Plantagenet, Canada, have developed an active queue management method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an active queue management ...
Colorado, Florida Inventors Develop Personal Computer Card Carrying Case
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- John K. Reece of Colorado Springs, Colo., and John L. Aden of Ocala, Fla., have developed a personal computer card carrying case. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrying case for a personal computer card may include an integral antenna ....
Florida, Illinois Inventors Develop Channel Allocation Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Lance E. Hester of Sunrise, Fla., and Chung-Chieh Lee of Long Grove, Ill., have developed a non interfering group based wireless network protocols. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "wireless network and method for ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Cellular Telephone Audio Signal Augmenting Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mark Kirkpatrick of Conyers, Ga., has developed a method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular ...
Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Communication Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Steven Tseng of Taipei, Taiwan, and An-Ping Yang of Shanghai, China, have developed a communication device that provides replaceable cap on an antenna unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The communication device comprises a body, a ...
Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Data Link Resource Managing Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- William Ryan of Algonquin, Ill., Lawrence Willis of McHenry, Ill., and Chris Venteicher of Williams Bay, Wis., have developed an apparatus for managing the usage of data link resources. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
British Inventor Develops Telescopic Data Coupler
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Victor Allan of Aberdeen, Great Britain, has developed a telescopic data coupler. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "data coupler for use in transmitting data between mechanical parts which have a common axis and ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Telecommunication Network Service Providing Terminal
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Risto Makipaa of Otava, Finland, has developed a terminal for providing services in telecommunication network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and a terminal for providing services in a telecommunication ...
California Inventors Develop Message Routing System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michael Sanders of The Sea Ranch, Calif., and Rick Pitz of Penngrove, Calif., have developed a method for encoding and decoding a package descriptor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package manager of a media gateway component is ...
German Inventors Develop Communication Terminal Power-Saving Operation Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Vasco Vollmer of Gartow, Germany, Markus Radimirsch of Laatzen, Germany, and Guenter Seidel of Hildesheim, Germany, have developed a method for communication terminal power-saving operation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of power ...
California Inventor Develops Random Packet Marking Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Rajeev Koodli of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed an apparatus for random packet marking for differentiated service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for a router to provide random assignments of three priorities, each ...
Washington Inventors Develop Data Traffic Shaping System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Keith Michael Bly of Newman Lake, Wash., and C Stuart Johnson of Liberty Lake, Wash., have developed a method for grouping of bandwidth allocations. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A data traffic shaping ...
Texas Inventors Develop Processor with Script-Based Performance Monitor
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- David Allen Brown and Asif Q. Khan, both of Austin, Texas, and Robert A. Corley of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a processor with script-based performance monitoring. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor includes controller ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Lamp String Remote Lighting Control Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Wen Tarng Chen of Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has developed a remote lighting control device for lamp string. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote controlling device includes a micro-controller; a transmitter coupled to the micro-controller to ...
German Inventor Develops Packet Data Service Handling System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jan Kreppel of Penzberg, Germany, has developed a system for handling a packet data service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for handling a packet data service wherein, proceeding from the ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Telematics Unit Managing System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Christopher L. Oesterling of Troy, Mich., and Daniel C. McGarry of Oxford, Mich., have developed a wireless communication system with a mobile vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for managing ...
WEST SIDE HOPE OF ANDERSON RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS
Oct 04, 2007 ... The office of Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar was notified that West Side Hope Community Development Corporation of Anderson has been awarded a $231,560 Community Economic Development Operational Projects grant from the U.S ....
French Inventor Develops Data Transmission Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Denis J. Mestdagh of St. Martin d'Uriage, France, has developed a method of data transmission by orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for transmitting data between at ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Telecommunication System Radio Resource Allocating Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Juha Ylitalo of Oulu, Finland, has developed a method of allocating radio resources in telecommunication system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The invention relates to a method of allocating radio ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Base Station Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Tomoko Adachi of Urayasu, Japan, and Kiyoshi Toshimitsu of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a wireless communication apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "base station apparatus corresponding to a first base ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disk
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Morihiro Murata and Akio Hirai, both of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed an optical disk capable of disabling incompatible recorder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical disk is compatible with one type of a recording apparatus which ...
German Inventor Develops Magneto-Optical Recording Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Friedhelm Zucker of Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, has developed a magneto-optical recording or reproducing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "magneto-optical recording or reproducing device having an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Playback Control Circuit
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Toyoji Gushima, Makoto Usui, Yuji Takagi and Yuichi Hashimoto, all from Osaka, Japan, have developed a playback apparatus for a recording medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stable playback performance is assured and data loss due to ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Redundancy Mechanization Protocol
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jack C. Wybenga and Pradeep Samudra, both of Plano, Texas, and Myongsu Choe of Montreal, have developed a redundancy mechanization protocol for a massively parallel router. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
California Inventor Develops Hybrid Walsh Encoder
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Urbain Alfred von der Embse of Westchester, Calif., has developed a hybrid walsh encoder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method and system for the generation of Hybrid Walsh orthogonal codes for code division ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Discs Recognizing Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Katsuya Watanabe and Takashi Kishimoto, both of Nara, Japan, Rie Takahashi of Osaka, Japan, and Masayoshi Shioya of Itami, Japan, have developed an apparatus for recognizing optical discs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
Washington Inventors Develop Computer-Enabled Rapid Alert Propagation, Management System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Tommy Dean Reyes and Garry Oren Thompson, both of Port Angeles, Wash., have developed a computer-enabled rapid alert propagation and management system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "secure, verifiable, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disc Discrimination Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Shinichi Nakao of Kanagawa, Japan, and Yoshiro Arikawa of Tokyo, have developed an optical disc discriminating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking error signal calculating unit detects a tracking error signal of light with ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Communication Network Base Station
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jouni Kauhanen of Oulu, Finland, has developed a mobile telecommunication network system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a base station of a communication network which comprises a casing, a transmitting and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Recording Medium
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mitsutoshi Terada and Shoei Kobayashi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Tomotaka Kuraoka of Tokyo, have developed an optical recording device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to enhance the usability of a write-once recording medium, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magneto-Optical Recording Medium Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Nobuyuki Nankumo, Takehiko Numata and Shigenori Yanagi, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a magneto-optical recording medium device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magneto-optical recording medium device of the present invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Processing Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Akihiro Yasuda of Katano, Japan, Shin-ichi Kadowaki of Sanda, Japan, Kousei Sano of Osaka, Japan, and Yuuichi Kuze of Settsu, Japan, have developed an optical information processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Computer Readable Code
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Young-woo Lee of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a computer readable code for erasing recorded information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method, apparatus, and medium for erasing information recorded on a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Wireless Mobile Device Control Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Deepak P. Ahya of Plantation, Fla., Daniel A. Baudino of Lake Worth, Fla., and Zaffer S. Merchant of Parkland, Fla., have developed wireless communication devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of remotely controlling a wireless ...
Florida, Arizona Inventors Develop Adaptive Diversity Antenna System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Glafkos Stratis, Celestino A. Corral and Salvador Sibecas, all from Lake Worth, Fla., Shahriar Emami of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., and Rudy M. Emrick of Gilbert, Ariz., have developed an adaptive diversity antenna system. An abstract of the invention, released by ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tracking Error Detection Device
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Shintaro Takehara of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a tracking error detection method for optical disk apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking error detection device for an optical disk apparatus comprises a detecting unit ...
German Inventors Develop Wheel Rotation Direction Sensor Unit
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Herbert Froitzheim of Pettendorf, Germany, has developed a wheel rotation direction sensor unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor unit for recording the direction of rotation of a wheel is embodied to record a variable that is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Disc Apparatus
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Toshiaki Fukui of Osaka, Japan, has developed an optical disc apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an optical disc apparatus reading and writing data with respect to an optical disc, a motor controller uses widest pattern signals ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Recording Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michikazu Horie, Takashi Ohno, Kenjirou Kiyono and Masae Kubo, all from Minato-ku, Japan, have developed an optical recording method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an optical recording method. More ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Body-Protecting Handbag with Automatic Alarm Circuit
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Man-Sheng Yen of Taipei City, Taiwan, has developed a body-protecting handbag with automatic alarm circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robbery-preventing and body-protecting handbag includes a bag body, an automatic disengaging ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Mobile Device Language Input System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Zheng Chen, Mingjing Li, Feng Zhang, Rui Yang and Jianfeng Gao, all from Beijing, have developed a language input system for a mobile device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A language system facilitates entry of an input string into a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Processor
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Hidenori Wada of Kyoto, Japan, Keiichi Matsuzaki of Osaka, Japan, and Hideki Hayashi of Nara, Japan, have developed an optical head for optical information process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical head performs recording and/or ...
California Inventors Develop Packet Telephony Gateway Overload Prevention Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Kam Chan and Mathew Lodge, both of San Jose, Calif., and Shoou Jiah Yiu of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a method for preventing overload in a packet telephony gateway. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A program and a method for a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Web Content Provision Service Providing Method
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Chae-Ho Ko of Seoul, South Korea, Jun-Young Kwon of Kunpo-shi, South Korea, and Ji-Sook Kim of Suwon-shi, South Korea, have developed a method for providing web content provision service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
German Inventor Develops Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Coke
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Wilhelm Frohs of Allmannshofen, Germany, has developed a carbon fiber-reinforced coke. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A number of properties of polygranular carbon bodies can be improved by small quantities of carbon fibers being ...
California Inventors Develop Multi-Signal Radio Frequency Distribution System
Oct 04, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Willard Henry and Kevin Allen, both of San Diego, and Thinh Q. Ho of Anaheim, Calif., have developed a multi-signal radio frequency (rf) distribution system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "frequency agile ...