US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, October 19:
Texas Inventors Develop Microprocessor Clock Distribution Gating Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Mack Wayne Riley, Daniel Lawrence Stasiak and Michael Fan Wang, all from Austin, Texas, and Stephen Douglas Weitzel of Round Rock, Texas, have developed a method for selectively producing a clock signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Texas Inventors Develop Processor with Real-Time Power Conservation method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- LaVaughn F. Watts Jr. and Steven J. Wallace, both of Temple, Texas, have developed a processor with real-time power conservation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "processor, comprising a monitor for, ...
Swedish, Austrian Inventors Develop Class D-Amplifier
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Karl Stefan Barkaro of Akersberga, Sweden, Bo Bokinge of Bromma, Sweden, Carl-Mikael Johansson of Stockholm, Sweden, Lars Karlsson of Upplands Vasby, Sweden, Torbjorn Ivar Randahl of Nacka, Sweden, and Andreas Wiesbauer of Portschach, Austria, have developed a class ...
Kentucky, Missouri Inventors Develop Vapor Recovery Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Richard G. McCord of Louisville, Ky., and Thomas G. McCord of St. Louis, have developed a vapor recovery apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "vapor generating and recovery apparatus including a housing ...
Italian Inventor Develops Finite State Machine Interface
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Stefano Surico of Taranto, Italy, has developed an interface for internal circuits and external circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface is provided for an integrated system that includes internal circuits, with each ...
Minnesota, New York Inventors Develop Electronic Document Quality Measurement Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Rhys Price Jones, Nathan Sarr and Nishant Atul Thakkar, all from Rochester, Minn., Steven J. Harrington of Webster, N.Y., Jose Fernando Naveda of West Henrietta, N.Y., and Paul G. Roetling of Grand Island, N.Y., have developed a method for measuring and quantizing ...
Texas Inventors Develop Clock Skew Reducing method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- James S. Song and Achuta R. Thippana, both of Plano, Texas, and Minh G. Chau of Carrollton, Texas, have developed a method for reducing clock skew. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In one embodiment, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disk Array Device
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hiroshi Suzuki, Hiromi Matsushige, Masato Ogawa and Tomokazu Yokoyama, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method of supplying power to disk array device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk array device and a method of ...
Texas Inventors Develop Operating Systems Real Time Interrupt Module
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Frank Noha of Sugarland, Texas, and Neomi Fernandez of Houston, have developed a real time interrupt module for operating systems. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An interrupt timer module comprises a ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Stream Data Image Recognition Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Dennis C. Ehn of Newton, Mass., and Francis J. Cusack Jr. of Groton, Mass., have developed a method for image recognition using stream data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods make use of principal component analysis ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Clock Control Circuit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Shigenari Kawabata of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a clock control circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock management control circuit of the present invention is a clock control circuit for supplying a valid clock signal to a ...
California Inventor Develops High Speed Data Signal Jitter Measuring Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kyle Stickle of San Jose, Calif., has developed an apparatus for measuring jitter of a high speed data signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling system is disclosed which measures high speed data signals by performing sampling ...
New Mexico, Arizona Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Power Consumption Managing Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Lawrence T Clark of Albuquerque, N.M., and Michael W. Morrow of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a method for managing power consumption within an integrated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes power ...
Washington Inventors Develop Clustered System Availability Calculating Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- David Edward Guimbellot of Redmond, Wash., and John Morgan Oslake of Seattle, have developed a method for calculating availability of clustered systems. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Availability of a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Plasma Accelerating Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jin-woo Yoo of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Won-taek Park of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a plasma accelerating apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma accelerating apparatus and a plasma processing system having the same ...
Washington Inventor Develops Device Authenticating Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Glenn R. Engel of Snohomish, Wash., has developed a method for authenticating a device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques that enable devices in a network environment to automatically obtain authentication without specialized ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Service User Authentication Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hideki Hashimoto of Tokyo, and Hirokazu Fukatsu of Aichi, Japan, have developed an apparatus for personal identification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user-worn device that is to be installed in user-worn equipment that can be worn ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electrophoresis Module
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hui-Wan Chen of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed an electrophoresis module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrophoresis module has an upright cassette of which at least one of the front and rear sides has a recess opened ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Watermark Detection Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Wataru Asano and Tomoo Yamakage, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Shinichiro Koto of Machida, Japan, have developed a digital watermark detection method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A specific frequency ...
Washington Inventors Develop Encrypted Video Memory Subsystem Maintaining Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Glenn F. Evans of Kirkland, Wash., Paul England of Bellevue, Wash., and Nicholas P. Wilt of Seattle, have developed a system for maintaining an encrypted video memory subsystem. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems protect ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Large Scale Integration Device Secret Key Installing Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Makoto Fujiwara of Kyoto, Japan, and Akira Motohara of Hyogo, Japan, have developed a method for installing a secret key in a large scale integration (LSI) device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an LSI, a decoding section decodes an ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Data Output Driver
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Dong-Jin Lee of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a semiconductor memory device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A data output driver and a semiconductor memory device having the same are disclosed. This ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Combination Glass Potential of Hydrogen Electrode
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Steven J. West of Hull, Mass., and Moshe Hirshberg of Brookline, Mass., have developed a combination glass potential of Hydrogen (pH) electrode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are combination glass pH electrodes, the standard ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Signal Recording Medium
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yoichiro Sako of Tokyo has developed an information signal transmission method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "record medium for recording an information signal in which a first watermark and a second watermark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Low Concentration Dope
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yukihiro Katai, Tadahiro Tsujimoto and Misao Takahashi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a solution concentration method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An low concentration dope is fed through a nozzle into a concentrating ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Internet Site Server Enabling Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Chang-nam Chu of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a method of enabling an Internet site server. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for operating an Internet site providing encrypted contents is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Low Divide Ratio Programmable Frequency Divider
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yoo Hwan Kim, Soo Woong Lee, Jin Taek Lee and Yo Sub Moon, all from Kyungki-do, South Korea, and Sung Cheol Shin and Ki Sung Kwon, both of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method for dividing a frequency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
British Inventors Develop Data Processing Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jason Charles Pelly of Reading, Great Britain, and Daniel Warren Tapson of Basingstoke, Great Britain, have developed a data processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watermarking system includes an encoding data processor ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Frequency Management Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Siva G. Narendra, James W. Tschanz, Nasser A. Kurd and Javed Barkatullah, all from Portland, Ore., and Vivek K. De of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a computer readable medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an ...
Washington Inventors Develop Processor Operation Resuming Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Vincent J. Zimmer of Federal Way, Wash., and Michael A. Rothman of Gig Harbor, Wash., have developed a method of securely resuming operation of a processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for implementing a secure ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Secure Communication Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Christian Gehrmann of Lund, Sweden, has developed a secure communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of providing secure communications between a first and a second communications unit ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing Unit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Takashi Watanabe of Kokubunji, Japan, Masahiro Kaminaga of Sakado, Japan, Takashi Endo of Musashimurayama, Japan, and Seiichi Kumano of Yokohama, Japan, have developed an information processing unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Memory Card
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Futoshi Nakabe, Tadakatsu Masaki, Shinji Kawano, Hideo Oozeki and Hiromi Ebara, all from Hiroshima, Japan, have developed a memory card with security function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The memory card with a simple configuration is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Signal Detection Circuit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kazuya Hatooka of Hyogo, Japan, Shoichi Yoshizaki of Kyoto, Japan, and Koki Imamura of Osaka, Japan, have developed a device for receiving digital data. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The signal ...
REP. BOOZMAN: NEW PLAN PUTS NEEDY CHILDREN FIRST
Oct 19, 2007 ... Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark. (3rd CD), issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) today joined with House Republicans to put forward a compromise plan to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) which expands the program, guarantees ...
Texas Inventor Develops Swimming Pool Strainer
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kenneth G. Woods of Tyler, Texas, has developed a swimming pool strainer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "swimming pool strainer formed of a substantially U-shaped housing including an end panel with a pair of ...
Florida Inventors Develop Water Flushing System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Thomas M. Taylor of Naples, Fla., and David Goslin of Lehigh Acres, Fla., have developed a water flushing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water flushing system for a pressurized subterranean water distribution system includes an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Planar Acoustic Transducer
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Takeshi Nishimura, Kenji Iizuka, Masayuki Ishiwa, Shigeo Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Masaaki Arahori, Hideharu Yonehara, Hiroshi Ikeda and Sadaaki Sakurai, all from Tokyo, have developed a planer acoustic transducer. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Washington, Ohio Inventors Develop Image Object Recognition System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- John Krumm of Redmond, Wash., and Richard Campbell of Columbus, Ohio, have developed an object recognition system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and process for recognizing an object in an input image ...
French Inventors Develop Digital Signal Segmentation Determination Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Eric Nguyen of Rennes, France, has developed a digital signal segmentation determination method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a method for determining a segmentation into distinct regions of a set of coefficients ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Shigetoshi Tamoto and Yoshiyuki Ito, both of Tokyo, and Kazuto Nishiyama of Osaka, Japan, have developed animage processing system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The disclosed image processing system ...
California Inventors Develop Video Processing System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jeffrey Mark Arnold of San Diego, Gareld Howard Banta of Atherton, Calif., Scott Daniel Johnson of Mountain View, Calif., and Albert R. Wang of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a video processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Sample Preparation Pipette Tip
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Ashok K Shukla, Mukta M. Shukla and Amita M Shukla, all from Woodstock, Md., have developed a pipette tip for sample preparation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a pipette tip designed to perform filtration or ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Panel-Shaped Speaker
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Katsutoshi Suzuki, Koichi Saito, Takenobu Horino, Shinichi Higuchi, Katsuji Suzuki and Tetsuya Mitsuishi, all from Fukushima-ken, Japan, have developed a display device in which sound is produced by the surface of a display panel. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Argentine Inventor Develops Extensive Mobility Helmet Headset
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Josei Rolla of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has developed an extensive mobility helmet headset. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobility helmet headset includes a hinged headband and a setting support to secure the headband onto the helmet, ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Storm Drain Filter
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Tony Mason Lockerman and John Mills Crumpler, both of Raleigh, N.C., and Houston Linwood Crumpler of Roseboro, N.C., have developed a storm drain filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storm drain filter is provided for filtering trash ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Short-Distance Secure Communication System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hoe-Won Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a short-distance wireless secure communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an encryption code for encrypting data to be transmitted or received during ...
French Inventors Develop Fraud Protection Cryptographic Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Henri Gilbert of Bures sur Yvette, France, and Marc Girault of Caen, France, have developed a cryptographic method for protection against fraud. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cryptographic method of protection ...
French Inventors Develop Moving-Coil Electrodynamic Motor for Loudspeaker
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Gilles Milot of Paris, and Francois Malbos of Leveque, France, have developed a moving-coil electrodynamic motor for a loudspeaker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a moving-coil electrodynamic motor and a ...
Washington Inventors Develop Computer Processing Tasks Offloading Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jameel Hyder of Sammamish, Wash., Nk Srinivasof Issaquah, Wash., Alireza Dabagh of Kirkland, Wash., and Sanjay Kaniyar of Redmond, Wash., have developed a product for offloading processing tasks from software to hardware. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Texas Inventors Develop Floating Point Instruction Latency Predicting Processor
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Arun Radhakrishnan and Kelvin D. Goveas, both of Austin, Texas, have developed a processor that predicts floating point instruction latency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor includes a prediction circuit and a floating point ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Load Operations Synchronizing Apparatus
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Lance E. Hacking and Debbie Marr, both of Portland, Ore., have developed an apparatus for synchronizing load operations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a decode circuit to decode a load fence ...
North Carolina, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Computer Manufacturing System
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Brian J. Jaeger and Douglas A. Law, both of Chapel Hill, N.C., Barry A. Kritt and Paul A. Roberts, both of Raleigh, N.C., Kuldip Nanda of Apex, N.C., and Eric E. Blouin of Ardmore, Pa., have developed a computer manufacturing system. According to the U.S ....
Indiana Inventor Develops Micro-Array Electrodes
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Christopher D. Wilsey of Carmel, Ind., has developed micro-arrays of electrodes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are micro-arrays of electrodes disposed proximal to a flexible substrate, electronic components and sensors ...
Texas Inventors Develop Dynamic Logical Circuit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Wendy Ann Belluomini, Robert Kevin Montoye and Aniket Mukul Saha, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a method of operating dynamic logical circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "dynamic logical circuit ...
California Inventors Develop Synchronous Periodical Orthogonal Data Converter
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Boris Prokopenko of Milpitas, Calif., and Timour Paltashev of Fremont, Calif., have developed a synchronous periodical orthogonal data converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "orthogonal data converter for ...
U.S., Israeli Inventors Develop Processor Performance Improving Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Freddy Gabbay of Tel-Aviv, Israel, Ronny Ronen of Haifa, Israel, Stephan J. Jourdan of Portland, Ore., and Adi Yoaz of Austin, Texas, have developed a method for improving a computer processor performance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Data Transmission Interference Blocking Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Robert Kariniemi of Plymouth, Minn., has developed a data transmission interference blocking method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect relates to a method to block data transmission interference from an input of a receiver in a ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Wastewater Treatment Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Donald D. Ricketts of Monterey, Va., has developed a wastewater treatment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "wastewater treatment method and apparatus including a denitrification (anoxic) chamber for ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Multiplex Circuit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Young-Chul Rhee of Yongin-si, South Korea, has developed a method of generating an output signal from a multiplex (MUX). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MUX circuit may include a plurality of inverter pairs for receiving one of a first ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Potential of Hydrogen Electrode
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Masaaki Terashima and Osamu Seshimoto, both of Asaka, Japan, have developed a potential of Hydrogen (PH) electrode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to suppress an electric potential drift as described ...
New York Inventors Develop Security Application Enhancing Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Chitra Dorai of Chappaqua, N.Y., Edith H. Stern of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Barry E. Willner of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., have developed a method for enhancing security application. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system and ...
Texas Inventor Develops Transition Detect Circuit
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Mark B. Welty of Sherman, Texas, has developed a circuit for detecting transitions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transition detect circuit includes: a first input port referenced to a first supply voltage node and a second input port ...
Washington Inventors Develop Reduced Information Transmitting Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jorge Pereira and Karim Michel Batthish, both of Seattle, Roy Williams of Redmond, Wash., Phillip J. Hallin of Port Townsend, Wash., and Yu Lin Sie of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a method for transmitting reduced information. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventor Develops Processor Operand Size Generating Method
Oct 19, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kevin J. McGrath of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a processor which overrides default operand size. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor supports a mode in which the default operand size is 32 bits, but which supports operand ...