US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, October 18:
Japanese Inventors Develop Dynamic Image Processor
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Yoshifusa Wada and Kenichi Kamijo, both of Tokyo, have developed a dynamic image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method or a processor for filtering process for attenuation to a frequency ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Biopsy Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- John A. Hibner of Mason, Ohio, has developed a biopsy apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy device and method are provided for obtaining a tissue sample, such as breast tissue biopsy sample. The device includes an outer ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Omnidirectional Shadow Texture Mapping Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- William P. Newhall Jr. of San Francisco, and Mark J. Kilgard of Austin, Texas, have developed a method of omnidirectional shadow texture mapping. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An invention is provided ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Resource-Constrained Device Image Rendering Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Dongren Chen of Zhejiang, China, has developed a graphic engine for resource-constrained device images rendering. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining areas of sub-pixel regions formed by edges in a pixel includes ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Object Sensor
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Tadao Nishiguchi and Naoyuki Ishihara, both of Kyoto, Japan, Akihiko Nakamura of Muko, Japan, Tetsuo Nishidai of Kyotanabe, Japan, and Yasuhiro Sato of Otsu, Japan, have developed a controller for controlling a locked state of a vehicle. According to the U.S ....
German Inventor Develops Endoscope Channel Checking Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Karl Heinz Annecke of Bensheim, Germany, has developed an endoscope channel checking method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to check endoscope channels, a predetermined quantity of liquid is led, at a predetermined pressure, through the ...
New York Inventors Develop Patient's Breath Analysis Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Robert G. Norman, Indu A. Ayappa and David M. Rapoport, all New York, have developed a patient's breath analyzing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method and system for analyzing a patient's breaths. The arrangement ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device Signal Processing Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Yusuke Tsutsui of Hashima, Japan, Mitsugu Kobayashi of Nagoya, Japan, and Makoto Kitagawa of Gifu, Japan, have developed a signal processing circuit for a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input digital video signal is ...
German Inventors Develop Body Fluid Analyte Concentration Monitoring System
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Hans-Peter Haar of Wiesloch, Germany, and Hans List of Hesseneck-Kailbach, Germany, have developed a body fluid analyte concentration monitoring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a system for monitoring the ...
California Inventors Develop Facial Animation Value Translating System
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Ulrich F. Buddemeier of Venice, Calif., Karin M. Derlich of Culver City, Calif., and Hartmut Neven of Santa Monica, Calif., have developed a method for mapping facial animation values. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrostatic Discharge Protection Component
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Tatsuya Inoue and Hiroshi Kagata, both from Osaka, Japan, and Hidenori Katsumura of Hyogo, Japan, have developed a static electricity countermeasure component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to realize an electrostatic ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Computer-Assisted Design Systems
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Kenneth Jamieson Hill of Lyon Township, Mich., has developed a computer-implemented graphics program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "computer-implemented graphics program that determines the distribution of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Three-Dimensional Images Generation Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Nobuo Sasaki of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a three-dimensional image generation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ensures that object images to be subjected to a predetermined image processing are subjected ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Assembly Exploded View Producing Apparatus
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Shunsuke Minami of Brookline, Mass., Tomotoshi Ishida of Hitachinaka, Japan, Yoshiaki Shinotsuka of Hitachi, Japan, and Kunio Kumamoto of Yokohama, Japan, have developed an apparatus for producing an exploded view. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventor Develops Network Device Data Processing Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Anjan Venkatramani of Mount View, Calif., has developed a method of processing a network device data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network device includes interface logic and processing logic. The interface logic receives data. The ...
French Inventors Develop Electric Switching Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Pierre Batteux of St. Pierre de Mesage, France, and Oleg Garelli of St. Marcellin, France, have developed an electric apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "switching device comprising a contact block having ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Coil Component
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Makoto Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Tadashige Konno and Nobuyuki Okuzawa, all from Chuo-ku, Japan, have developed a coil component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of first and second coil conductors has a spiral form and is disposed ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Circuit Breaker
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Albert Huang of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a circuit breaker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breaker has a first conducting strip and a second conducting strip respectively mounted on a lower end of a shell; a first terminal mounted ...
California Inventor Develops Volumetric Dataset Rendering Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Kartik Venkataraman of San Jose, Calif., has developed a process for operating on a dataset. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "slice plane, oriented parallel to a viewing plane, is passed through a cuboidal ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Multi-Sync Display Apparatus
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Yutaka Arai of Atsugi, Japan, has developed a multi-sync display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a multi-sync type of display apparatus that enables changes in input signals to be accurately determined while ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Recording Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Yuji Takagi, Makoto Usui and Hiroyuki Yabuno, all from Osaka, Japan, have developed a data recording method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording medium for storing a data stream is comprised of first error correcting codes ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Organic Electroluminescence Device Driving Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Hak Su Kim of Kyonggi-do, South Korea, have developed a driving circuit for a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving circuit of electroluminescence display device is disclosed, which is divided into an integrated ...
California Inventor Develops Water Driven Massager
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Joseph G. Elnar of Riverside, Calif., has developed a water driven massager. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "water driven massager mounted in an opening in the wall of a spa. The massager includes a main housing ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Rhythmic Blood Pressure Modulation Apparatus
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Edward H. Phillips of Troy, Mich., has developed a rhythmic blood pressure modulation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Resonant and powered rhythmic blood pressure modulation (hereinafter RBPM) and 'Legshaking' apparatus are ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Touch Screen Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Young Soo Ahn of Anyang-shi, South Korea, Yun Cheol Jeong of Seoul, South Korea, and Young Jin Oh of Kyunggi-do, South Korea, have developed a touch screen structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch panel-mounted liquid crystal ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Occlusion-Resistant Catheter
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Kevin R. Heath of Weston, Mass., and Michelle M. Berry of Franklin, Mass., have developed an occlusion-resistant catheter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter comprises an elongated tube having an interior defined by a sidewall ...
Arkansas Inventor Develops Disposable Hemodialysis Site Sensor
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Bradley Jon Moll of Hot Springs, Ark., has developed a disposable hemodialysis site sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of alerting medical personnel of a problem during hemodialysis includes providing an active, fail-to-safe ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Single-Stage Power Factor Correction Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Ming-Ho Huang of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a power factor correction circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a single-stage power factor correction circuit that includes a first rectifier, a ...
French Inventors Develop Electrostatic Micro-Switch
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Philippe Robert of Grenoble, France, has developed an electrostatic micro-switch for components with low operating voltages. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrostatic micro-switch intended to connect two ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops High Speed Wireless Communication System
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Sam Shiaw-Shiang Jiang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instead of using a fixed size window, the invention will calculate the window size based on the receiver's ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Electronic Component Device Testing Apparatus
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Jean Belzile and Franc Gagnon, both of Lachine, Canada, Claude Thibeault of Brossard, Canada, and NaimBatani of Dollard des Ormeaux, Canada, have developed an apparatus for testing a device in an electronic component. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Relay
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, and Hirofumi Saso, all from Shinagawa, Japan, have developed an electromagnetic relay with an electromagnet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electromagnetic relay including a ...
Italian Inventor Develops Phase Locked Loop Built-In Self-Test Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Leonardo Napolitano of Palma Campania, Italy, has developed a built-in self-test circuit for phase locked loops. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A built-in self-test circuit for phase locked loops includes a measurement circuit for ...
Texas Inventors Develop Field Adjustable Traction Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Steven M. Reinecke of Dallas, and Paul J. Vasta Jr. of McKinney, Texas, have developed a field adjustable traction device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a fastening mechanism is provided for a field adjustable ...
Indian Inventor Develops Enhanced Joint Test Action Group Interface
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Rohit Dubey of Allahabad, India, has developed an enhanced joint test action group (JTAG) interface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enhanced JTAG interface provides an additional clock output at any desired input/output(I/O) port of a ...
U.S., Israeli Inventors Develop Physical Device Under Test Verifying Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Yaron E. Kashai of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Yoav Z. Hollander of Qiriat Ono, Israel, have developed an apparatus for verifying a physical device under test (DUT). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method, apparatus, and computer readable ...
New York Inventor Develops Medical Apparatus for Applying Compression Therapy
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Sundaram Ravikumar of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has developed a compression apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for applying compression therapy to an extremity of the human body, such as a portion of the ...
U.S., Taiwanese Inventors Develop Multiple Functional Cores Debugging Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Laung-Terng Wang and Xiaoqing Wen, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., Ming-Tung Chang and Po-Ching Hsu, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Hao-Jan Chao of Taoyuan, Taiwan, have developed an apparatus for inserting a design-for-debug (DFD) circuitry. According to the U.S ....
New Jersey Inventors Develop Logic Testing Architecture
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Seongmoon Wang of Plainsboro, N.J., and Srimat T. Chakradhar of Manalapan, N.J., have developed a logic testing architecture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a logic testing architecture with an ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Micro-Electromechanical Systems Switch
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Jae Woo Lee and Sung Weon Kang, both of Daejeon, South Korea, and Chang Han Je of Jinju, South Korea, have developed a switch fabricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a micro-electromechanical systems switch for ...
Italian Inventors Develop Clock-Pulse Generator Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Pierangelo Confalonieri of Caponago, Italy, Marco Zamprogno of Cesano Maderno, Italy, and Angelo Nagari of Cilavegna, Italy, have developed a clock-pulse generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The circuit comprises a first ring ...
French Inventors Develop Electrostatic Micro-Switch
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Philippe Robert of Grenoble, France, has developed an electrostatic micro-switch for components with low operating voltages. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrostatic micro-switch intended to connect two ...
British Inventors Develop Multi-Cycle Downhill Apparatus
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Bruce McGarian of Aberdeen, Great Britain, and Ian Alexander Gillies of Angus, Great Britain, have developed a multi-cycle downhill apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole apparatus such as multi-cycle circulating subs used ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Contactless Integrated Card System
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Shigeru Arisawa of Tokyo has developed a modulating circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a contactless integrated circuit (IC) card system, a modulating circuit manufactured in an IC form is operable at a high power efficiency. The ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Trans-Scleral Drug Delivery Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Alan Franklin of Chattanooga, Tenn., has developed a trans-scleral drug delivery method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating ocular disorders involving angiogenesis includes the steps of providing a trans-scleral drug delivery ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Device Testing Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Hideharu Ozaki of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a method of testing an integrated circuit device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An large scale integrated circuit (LSI) according to the present invention has a scan chain which comprises ...
French Inventor Develops Phase Locked Loop Filter
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Mikael Guenais of Rennes, France, has developed an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "phase locked loop filter comprising a first capacitor for connecting to a first charge pump path; and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Variable Resonance Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Hiroshi Katta of Soraku-gun, Japan, has developed a variable resonance circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a variable matching circuit including an impedance device and a variable-capacitance capacitor, the variable-capacitance ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Virtually Deleted Still Picture Information Storing Medium
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Seong-jin Moon and Pan-gie Park, both of Suwon, South Korea, Young-nam Oh of Sungnam, South Korea, Tae-yun Chung of Gwacheon, South Korea, and Jung-suk Kang of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture ...
California Inventors Develop Integrated Optic Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Edgar A. Mendoza and Lothar U. Kempen, both of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Robert A. Lieberman of Torrance, Calif., have developed a photosensitive sol-gel process for producing integrated optic devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Real Time Information Recording Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Patricia E. M. Wilson and Robert A. Brondijk, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a device for recording real-time information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for recording real time information on a record ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Oscillator Circuit
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Ken Fujita of Tokyo has developed an oscillator circuit with temperature compensation function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "oscillator circuit comprising a resonant circuit which includes a negative ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Disposable Safety Syringe
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Sang Hyok Bang and Young Ja Choi, both Kyunggi-do, South Korea, have developed a disposable safety syringe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable safety syringe designed to prevent syringe handlers from being pricked by a needle by ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Reset Signal Generator
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Ha-Jun Jeon of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a method of generating a reset signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reset signal generators for a frequency-phase detector include a first signal source circuit is coupled to a ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Pelvic Floor Disorder Treating Method
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Martin T. Gerber of Maple Grove, Minn., has developed a pelvic floor disorder treating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by delivering ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Pneumatic Tire
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Fumio Takahashi of Tokyo, has developed a pneumatic tire. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "To provide a pneumatic tire in which noise can be reduced without changing the basic design of the block pattern, ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Base Station
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Jouni Kauhanen of Oulu, Finland, has developed a signal extracting arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base station in a mobile communication network, includes at least one transmission line for transmitting a radio frequency ...
California Inventor Develops Surgical Handpiece Tip
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Sean C. Madden of Mission Viejo, Calif., has developed a surgical handpiece tip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "surgical handpiece having a tip with at least two coaxially spaced electrically conductive tubes ....
Washington Inventor Develops Fast-Forward for Enhanced Television
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Michael E. Pietraszak of Redmond, Wash., has developed a method of fast-forward for enhanced television. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fast-forwarding and rewinding within a compressed video stream and a corresponding content stream of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Medical Aspirator
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Susumu Kobayashi and Tomoyuki Tejima, both of Osaka, Japan, have developed a medical aspirator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "medical aspirator including an aspiration port, a reciprocating type electric pump for ...
California Inventor Develops G-Tube Retainer
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Lorana A. M. Enroth of Palm Desert, Calif., has developed a g-tube retainer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "gastrostomy tube retainer comprising a patient base, a venting tube extension cover connected to the ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Impedance Matching Device
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Craig A. Rockenbauch of Severna Park, Md., has developed a device for impedance matching radio frequency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impedance matching device comprises a dielectric material having a ground plane affixed to one ...
Vermont Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Structure
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Richard J. Grupp and Gary L. Kunselman, both of Milton, Vt., and Steven F. Oakland of Colchester, Vt., have developed an integrated circuit structure. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Disclosed is an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Dual Band Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Hiroki Kobayashi of Fukushima-ken, Japan, has developed an oscillator circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resonance circuit is interposed between a base and a collector of an oscillating transistor and is configured such that a ...
California Inventor Develops Tri-State Pulse Density Modulator
Oct 18, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Meoung-Jin Lim of San Diego has developed a method for generating a pulse density modulation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tri-state pulse density modulator includes a first switch device coupled to a high voltage, and a second ...