US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, October 16:
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Yoshiharu Hirata and Takuya Fujimoto, both of Yokohama, Japan, Akira Umezawa of Tokyo, and Yoshiaki Hashiba of Fujisawa, Japan, have developed a memory card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes memory ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Roy E. Scheuerlein of Cupertino, Calif., has developed a memory cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shadow random access memory (RAM) or 'non-volatile static RAM (SRAM)' memory cell is implemented in a much smaller area by building ...
German Inventors Develop Dental X-Ray System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Alexander Hack and Uwe Zeller, both of Biberach, Germany, and Klaus Weber of Grodt, Germany, have developed a dental x-ray system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental X-ray system includes a radiation source used to produce X-rays ...
Oregon, California Inventors Develop One Time Programmable Antifuse Cell
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Ali Keshavarzi, Dinesh Somasekhar, Yibin Ye and Mohsen Alavi, all from Portland, Ore., Fabrice Paillet of Hillsboro, Ore., Muhammad M. Khellah of Tigard, Ore., Vivek K. De of Beaverton, Ore., and Stephen H. Tang of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed a one time ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Negative Sequence Component Determining Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Antti Tarkiainen of Lappeenranta, Finland, has developed a method for determining a negative sequence component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for determining properties of a negative sequence component ...
Utah Inventors Develop Fluid Mixing Container
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Gregory P. Elgan and Jeremy K. Larsen, both of Providence, Utah, and Michael E. Goodwin of Logan, Utah, have developed a fluid mixing container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container system includes a substantially rigid container ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Content Addressable Memory Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- In-Youl Lee of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a memory device repairing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content addressable memory (CAM) device is provided that includes a primary cell array having at least one entry in ...
Florida Inventors Develop Personal Inertial Navigation Measurement Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Charles B. Swope of Coral Springs, Fla., and Daniel A. Tealdi of Plantation, Fla., have developed a system for personal inertial navigation measurement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of personal inertial navigation ...
Utah Inventors Develop Food Mixer Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Brian K. Beesley of Draper, Utah, and Thomas E. Daniels Jr. of Sandy, Utah, have developed a food mixer device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food mixer device and method includes a container configured to receive food. A pair of ...
California Inventor Develops Flowable Materials Mixing System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Paul M Sand of San Carlos, Calif., has developed methods for mixing materials together for use in the medical field. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of bone filler devices receive bone filling material from an apparatus that ...
French Inventors Develop Content Addressable Memory Cell
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Franc Jacquet of Froges, France, and Thierry Devoivre of Gieres, France, have developed content addressable memory matrix. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content addressable memory includes first and second memory circuits and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Timepiece Wristwatch, Strap
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Haruki Hiranuma and Koremoto Takeda, both of Chiba, Japan, have developed a wristwatch and strap for timepiece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "provide a wristwatch capable of promoting operability of attaching and ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Mineral Ore Processing Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Gary Haughton and Martin Behr, both of Oakville, Canada, and Tom Ostrowski of Mississauga, Canada, have developed a mixer apparatus for use in mineral ore processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixer apparatus for use with a ...
California Inventor Develops Synthetic Anti-Ferromagnetic Structure
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Yimin Guo of San Jose, Calif., has developed a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toggle magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) cell is disclosed that has a nearly balanced synthetic ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device with Non-Volatile Memory
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Seiji Miura of Hachioji, Japan, and Kazushige Ayukawa of Kokubunji, Japan, have developed a memory module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "semiconductor device including a large capacity non-volatile memory and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Kanji Otsuka and Tamotsu Usami, both of Tokyo, have developed a memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory cell MC includes metal-oxide semiconductor (nMOS) transistors for a transfer gate configured to be paired with each ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Analog Electronic Clock
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Akira Ebi of Chiba, Japan, has developed an analog electronic clock with reset current conductive structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "provide a reset current conductive path between a reset lever and an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Generation Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Kunio Sawai of Daito, Japan, has developed an image generating apparatus with a print head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image generating apparatus capable of rotating a pressing member pressing a print head ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Utility Interactive System Power Converter
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- James P. Johnson of Washington, Ill., has developed a power conversion circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consistent with an aspect of the present disclosure, a backup fuel cell, for example, is coupled to a utility power grid, ...
California Inventor Develops Spread-Spectrum Communication System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Joel D. Medlock of Campbell, Calif., has developed spread-spectrum communication systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention described in the specification and the drawings is an apparatus and method ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Concrete Vibrator Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Stanley E. Elsten of Riverton, Kan., has developed a hand held concrete vibrator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete vibrator powered by a portable drill includes a housing having a contacting pad at one end and an axial bore. A ...
German Inventors Develop Adjustable X-Ray System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Franz Fadler of Hetzles, Germany, and Udo Heinze of Erlangen, Germany, have developed an adjustable X-ray system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray system, having an adjustable C-arm configured with two degrees of freedom, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Control Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Hiroaki Maehara, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Masato Ishio, Akira Ikezoe and Zenkou Oda, all from Hyogo, Japan, have developed a vehicle control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle controller controls an operation of an engine of a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Engine Protection Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Yoshiji Miyamoto and Toshihiro Kobayashi, both of Tokyo, have developed an engine protection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and an apparatus for protecting an engine are disclosed which are ...
German Inventor Develops Porous Layer Production Process
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Recai Sezi of Rottenbach, Germany, has developed a porous layer production process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for producing a porous layer adhering to a substrate, which comprises the ...
California Inventor Develops Backlit Display Optical Film
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Alan B. Campbell of Santa Rosa, Calif., has developed a backlit display flm. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film for use with a backlit display has prismatic structure on one surface. The structures have a serpentine shape. The average ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Braille Points Information Processing Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Makoto Takada of Shiajiri, Japan, Seiji Tanaka of Toyoshina-machi, Japan, and Yoichi Hine of Kashiwa, Japan, have developed a raised-letter information processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In displaying cell images of ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Structure
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Jiann-Fu Chen and Chih-Hsiang Shiau, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Yi-Ching Wu of Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, have developed a semiconductor structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor structure and a method of fabrication ...
German Inventors Develop Liquid Dye Injection Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Georg Stausberg and Jo Alexander, both of Remscheid, Germany, Ulrich Helbing of Burscheid, Germany, and Ju Hasenburg of Radevormwald, Germany, have developed a liquid dye injection apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Wireless Communication System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Farooq Ullah Khan of Manalapan, N.J., has developed a method of wireless communication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of adaptive Walsh code allocation in a wireless communication system. The method ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Hideo Nakagawa of Omihachiman, Japan, Masaru Sasago of Hirakata, Japan, Masayuki Endo of Izumi, Japan, and Yoshihiko Hirai of Osaka, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "After a ...
Australian Inventor Develops Modular Printhead Assembly
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a Modular printhead assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular printhead assembly includes a chassis. A pair of feed rollers is mounted on the chassis to feed print media along ...
Australian Inventors Develop Computer System Keyboard
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Tobin Allen King and Kia Silverbrook, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a computer keyboard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyboard for a computer system is provided. The keyboard comprises a housing having an upper surface ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wire Dot Printer
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Yasunobu Terao and Keishi Tsuchiya, both of Shizuoka, Japan, and Takahiro Kawaguchi of Mishima, Japan, have developed a wire dot printer head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to realize a stabilized pivotal movement of an ...
South Korea Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Backlight Unit
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Hoon-Soo Ha of Gyeongju-si, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display backlight unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a lamp, a lamp housing surrounding the lamp ...
Massachusetts, Illinois Inventors Develop Backlight Manufacture Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Terence E. Yeo of Boston, and Zane A. Coleman of Chicago, have developed a backlight assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide containing substantially aligned non-spherical particles provides more efficient control of light ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Fiber-Optic Cable Connector
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Eric L. Kobrin of Rochester, Minn., has developed a fiber-optic cable connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments include an improved connector for a fiber-optic cable including: a fiber-optic conductor disposed in a ...
Lithuanian, Italian Inventors Develop Removable Dental Prosthesis
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Gerhard Zanghellini of Schaan, Liechtenstein, Volker Rheinberger of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and Gianluca Zappini of Torbole sul Garda, Italy, have developed a removable dental prosthesis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Display Device Spread Illuminating Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Toru Kunimochi of Iwata-gun, Japan, has developed a spread illuminating apparatus for a liquid crystal display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spread illuminating apparatus includes at least one spot light source; and a light ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Backlight Module Light-Conductive Panel
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Chia-Yin Chang of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed a light-conductive panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-conductive panel of side-light type backlight module is disclosed. The reflective plane of the light-conductive panel is ...
Texas Inventors Develop Offshore Wellsite Floating Platform Deployment Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Jayant Basak, Chandramohan Nair and Stephen Bultema, all from Houston, John Chianis of Katy, Texas, and Jeremy Denman of Spring, Texas, have developed a floating wellsite platform deployment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
German Inventor Develops Light-Emitting Diode Operating Circuit Arrangement
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Ulrich Joos of Nonnenhorn, Germany, has developed a circuit arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit arrangement is for operating at least one light-emitting diode (LED) in an electrical circuit at a service voltage greater ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Thin Film Formation Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Jae-Hyun Yeo of Bucheun-si, South Korea, Young-Wook Park of Suwon-si, South Korea, Ki-Chul Kim of Sungnam-si, South Korea, and Jae-Jong Han of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a semiconductor device thin film formation method. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Door Mirror
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Yoshihiro Takahashi, Yosuke Fukasawa and Motosuke Ishizawa, all from Kiryu, Japan, and Takao Umezawa of Ota, Japan, have developed a vehicle door mirror. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "door mirror comprising a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Multi Carrier Communication Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Nobutaka Kodama and Hisao Koga, both of Fukuoka, Japan, have developed a transceiver and a communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a transceiver and communication method involving a time ...
French Inventors Develop Bragg Gratings Differential Measurement System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Christophe Martinez of Grenoble, France, and Pierre Ferdinand of Houilles, France, have developed a differential measurement system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "differential measurement system using pairs of ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Computed Tomography Scanner
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Guang-Hong Chen of Madison, Wis., has developed a computed tomography scanner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data consistency condition is derived for an array of attenuation values acquired with a divergent beam. Using this data ...
Florida, Indiana Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Network System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Peter J. Stanforth of Winter Springs, Fla., Larry W. Koos of Sanford, Fla., and Eric A. Whitehill of Fort Wayne, Ind., have developed a communication network system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and ...
Massachusetts, California Inventors Develop Wireless Multi-Input Multi-Output System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- John W. Ketchum of Harvard, Mass., Mark S. Wallace of Bedford, Mass., and Peter Gaal of San Diego, have developed a wireless multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "techniques for ...
Utah Inventor Develops Pivotable Ink Pad System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Jeanette R. Lynton of Pleasant Grove, Utah, has developed an ink pad assembly device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "ink pad assembly having a top panel, the top panel having an ink pad coupled thereto, a ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Light-Emitting Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Adam Dick of Ontario, Canada, has developed an illumination device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coherent light, as produced by lasers, is much more intense and bright than non-coherent light. However, unlike non-coherent light sources ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Motion-Picture-Experts Group Decoder
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Tao Lin of Shanghai, China, has developed a motion-picture-experts group (MPEG) decoder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MPEG decoder performs alternating current (AC) prediction to decode first-column or first-row coefficients that are ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Hiroyuki Karasawa of Fujisawa, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus for reading an image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a image processing system, a cassette loading unit, a reciprocating feed system, an auxiliary ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Stamping Device with Reversible Printing Member
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Chien-Kai Huang of Chang Hua City, Taiwan, has developed a stamping device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stamping device includes a printing member which has two pivot shafts pivotably connected to two insides of a casing and a ...
California Inventors Develop Data Packets Processing System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Nandakumar Sampath of Santa Clara, Calif., Enrique Musoll of San Jose, Calif., Stephen Melvin of San Francisco, and Mario Nemirovsky of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a data packet processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Networked Communication Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Philippe Moutarlier of Milton, Mass., has developed a computer implemented method for a network access device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the present invention is a computer implemented method for assigning a ...
California Inventors Develop Data Network Traffic Routing Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Kaushik P. Biswas and Mark A. Denny, both of San Jose, Calif., Siva S. Jayasenan of Cupertino, Calif., and Mahadev Somasundaram of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a data network traffic routing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
French Inventors Develop Information Signals Transferring Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Free Redondo of Sceaux, France, and Philippe Desblancs of Paris, have developed an information signals transferring method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transferring information signals between two separate send/receive ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Data Communications System
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Kanehide Arai of Burlington, Mass., has developed data communications systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method converts from a first application layer protocol to a second application layer protocol in a communications network. A ...
California Inventors Develop High Speed Data Bus Architecture
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Zvi Regev of West Hills, Calif., and Alon Regev of Woodland Hills, Calif., have developed a high speed data bus architecture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "data communication bus and method of operation ...
French Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Lighting Device
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Jean-Claude Gasquet of Bobigny Cedex, France, has developed a motor vehicle ligh Indication device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an indicating and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle, said device comprising ...
British Inventors Develop Mass Spectrometer Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Martin Green of Altrincham, Great Britain, and Michael Jackson of Warrington, Great Britain, have developed a mass spectrometer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A way of increasing the dynamic range of a mass spectrometer which ...
German Inventor Develops Data Signals Transmission Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Frank Kowalewski of Salzgitter, Germany, and Peter Mangold of Hannover, Germany, have developed a data signals transmission method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for transmission of data signals between ...
New York Inventor Develops Wireless Communication System Channel Estimation Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Ariela Zeira of Huntington, N.Y., has developed a wireless communication system channel estimation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single transmitter transmits K communication bursts in a shared spectrum in a time slot of a time ...
Washington Inventors Develop Asynchronous Call Making Method
Oct 16, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya and Lance E. Olson, both of Sammamish, Wash., Brian M. Grunkemeyer of Issaquah, Wash., Jonathan C. Hawkins of Seattle, Christopher W.Brumme of Mercer Island, Wash., Dmitry Robsman of Bellevue, Wash., and Henry L. Sanders II of Kirkland, ...