US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, November 30:
California, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Sensor Array Stimulus Measuring Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Robert Pratico of Agoura Hills, Calif., Jae S. Son of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. and William Peine of Holliston, Mass., have developed capacitive array sensors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and methods for detecting and ...
Japanes Inventors Develop Chronic Arthritic Disease Treatment Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Yoshiko Yasuda of Koyoto, Japan, Nakamura Yukio of Higashimurayama, Japan, Hitoshi Murakami of Osaka, Japan, and Koichi Ueda of Takatsuki, Japan, have developed a hypertrophic scars prevention method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventors Develop Scheduler Select Multiplexer Providing Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Gautam Nag Kavipurapu of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jack Lo of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a data management system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for providing a scheduler select multiplexer is described. In ...
California Inventor Develops Carpet Cleaning System
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Michael Duane Nero of Brentwood, Calif., has developed systems and methods for cleaning a material by applying a cleaning composition having biosurfactants and enzymes to said carpet; and bonnet cleaning the material, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ....
New Jersey Inventor Develops Temporary Cardiac Pacing Wire Connector
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Michael T. Wojciechowicz of Princeton Junction, N.J., have developed a connector apparatus for a temporary cardiac pacing wire. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector device, for a temporary cardiac pacing wire, includes a conductive ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Tunable Filter
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Ryosuke Nakamura of Nagano, Japan, and Akihiro Murata of Yamanashi, Japan, have developed a tunable filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "tunable filter including; a fixed substrate provided with a fixed ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Sensor Interface Circuit
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Garimella R. Sarma of Newport News, Va., has developed a sensor interface circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor interface circuit is provided to interface many sensors simultaneously in a simple circuit arrangement consisting ...
Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors Develop Foaming Cleansing Preparation
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Robert A. Fiore of West Yarmouth, Mass., and Samuel J. Huang of Hampton, Conn., have developed foam based cleansing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foaming cleansing preparation and system that produce a high quality, ...
California Inventors Develop Neuropathic Pain Treatment Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- W. Marie Campana of Solana Beach, Calif., and Robert R. Myers of Carlsbad, Calif., have developed an erythropoietin mimetics for neuropathic pain treatment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Erythropoietin (Epo), a member of the cytokine ...
California Inventor Develops Moveable Micro-Electromechanical Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Mark W. Miles of San Francisco has developed a moveable micro-electromechanical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical structure/system (MEMS) device is provided. The MEMS device may include a first plate and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polarization Beam Splitter
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Kazuhiko Momoki of Saitama, Japan, and Keiji Ohtaka of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a polarization beam splitter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The polarization beam splitter of the present invention includes a polarized beam ...
U.S., Italian Inventors Develop Electrical Cardiac Therapy Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- William J. Rissmann of Coto de Caza, Calif., Gary H. Sanders of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Gust H. Bardy of Seattle, and Riccardo Cappato of Ferrara, Italy, have developed an electrical cardiac therapy device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Washington, Michigan Inventors Develop Intracranial Electrode Implanting Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Jay Miazga and Chris Genau, both of Seattle, Bradford Evan Gliner and Kent Leyde, both of Sammamish, Wash., Ben Clopton of Bremerton, Wash., and David Warre Lowryn of Holland, Mich., have developed a method for implanting an intracranial electrode. According ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System Probe Card
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Yu-Cheng Tsao of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) probe card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS probe card with elastic multi-layer structure mainly includes a substrate and a plurality of ...
Italian Inventors Develop Testing Head Contact Probe
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Giuseppe Crippa of Merate, Italy, and Stefano Felici of Robbiate, Italy, have developed a testing head contact probe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The contact probe for a testing head has a plurality of these probes which are inserted ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Sensor Element Operating Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Udo Ausserlechner of Villach, Austria, has developed a method for operating a sensor element. An abstract of the invention, released by the the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for operating a sensor element having two contact terminal ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Printed Capacitive Sensor
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Alfred R. Deangelis of Spartanburg, S.C., D. Bruce Wilson of Buffalo, S.C., and Brian A. Mazzeo of Cambridge, Great Britain, have developed a printed capacitive sensor. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Material Alicyclic Compound
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Motoharu Takeuchi and Teruo Kamura, both of Tokyo, and Yuichi Yoshimura, of Mie, Japan, have developed an alicyclic compound for optical material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The alicyclic compound of the present invention has a five- ...
German Inventor Develops Stable Polymer Concentrates Preparation Process
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Matthias Loeffler of Niedernhausen, Germany, and Roman Morschhaeuser of Mainz, Germany, have developed a polymer concentrate preparation process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for preparing stable polymer concentrates, wherein ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Diffractive Optical Element
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Takehiko Nakai of Utsunomiya, Japan, has developed a diffractive optical element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diffractive optical element includes a plurality of diffraction gratings. A diffraction grating within the plurality of ...
U.S., British, Irish Inventors Develop Measurable Capacitance Detection Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Kirk Hargreaves of Mountain View, Calif., Joseph Kurth Reynolds of Sunnyvale, Calif., David Ely of Cambridge, Great Britain, and Julian Haines of Dublin, Ireland, have developed devices for detecting a measurable capacitance. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Superconducting Circuit
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Tsunehiro Hato of Kawasaki, Japan, Masahiro Horibe of Tsukuba, Japan, and Keiichi Tanabe of Mito, Japan, have developed a circuit Josephson junction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first Josephson junction in a single flux quantum ...
Alaska Structures Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a contract valued at up to $96 million to Alaska Structures Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for a variety of shelters, components and trailers. The contract was awarded by the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Olefin Polymerization Catalysts
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Makoto Mitani, Shigekazu Matsui, Junji Saito, Masatoshi Nitabaru, Kiyoaki Sugi, Haruyuki Makio and Toshiyuki Tsutsui, all from Yamaguchi, Japan, have developed an olefin polymerization process. According to a description of the ...
French Inventors Develop Polyethylene Hollow Beads
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Olivier Lavastre of Gahard, France, and Laurent Gallard of Villiers sur Chize, France, have developed a method for preparing hollow beads of polyethylene of controlled morphology and size, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
German Inventors Develop Magnetic Crack Detection Lamp
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- ; Rolf Annighoefer of Westhausen, Germany, Sigmar Tomaschko of Aalen, Germany, and Thomas Vetterlein of Offenbach, Germany, have developed a hand lamp for magnetic crack detection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Detection System
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- James D. McCambridge of Swarthmore, Pa., has developed a nuclear quadrupole resonance detection system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of a high temperature superconductor single loop or coil in the Q-damping circuit for a high ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Herbicidal Composition
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- James M. Ruiz and Thomas L. Siddall, both of Zionsville, Ind., Jeffrey B. Epp of Noblesville, Ind., Paul R. Schmitzer of Indianapolis, Terry W. Balko of Greenfield, Ind., and Carla N. Yerkes of Crawfordsville, Ind., have developed a weed control method ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Anti-Reflective Film
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Ryuji Biro and Hirotaka Fukushima, both of Utsunomiya, Japan, and Minoru Otani of Honjo, Japan, have developed an anti-reflective film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film coated on a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Off-Axis Projection Optical System
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Seung-Hyuk Chang and I-Hun Song, both of Seongnam-si, South Korea, Young-Soo Park of Suwon-si, South Korea, Suk-Pil Kim of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Hoon Kim of Siheung-si, South Korea, have developed an off-axis projection optical system. According to the ...
Alaska Tent & Tarp Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a contract valued at up to $96 million to Alaska Tent & Tarp, Fairbanks, Alaska, for a variety of shelters. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
Base-X Expedition Shelters Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to Base-X Expedition Shelters, Fairfield, Va., for a variety of shelters, trailers, and components. The contract was awarded by the ...
DHS Systems Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to DHS Systems LLC, Orangeburg, N.Y., for a variety of shelters, components, and trailers. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
Anchor Industries Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to Anchor Industries, Evansville, Ind., for a variety of shelters, components and trailers. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
U.S., German, Emirati Inventors Develop Borehole Logging Operation Conducting Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- W. Allen Gilchrist and Darryl E. Trcka, both of Houston, Mike Gillen of The Woodlands, Texas, Songhua Chen of Katy, Texas, Ole G. Engels of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Thomas Kruspe of Wienhausen, Germany, have developed a method of conducting a borehole ...
California Inventor Develops Micro-Electro-Mechanical System Mirror Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Yee-Chung Fu of Fremont, Calif., has developed a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The MEMS mirror device includes a mirror, a first group of spring elements coupled to one half of the ...
California, New Jersey Inventors Develop Test Head Modular Interface
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Davis S. Dao and Trung Van Nguyen, both of San Jose, Calif., Mark A. Bradford of Brentwood, Calif., James M. Ogg of Milpitas, Calif., and Roy W. Green of Tabernacle, N.J., have developed an apparatus for interfacing a test head. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Texas Inventor Develops Earth Formation Property of Interest Estimation Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- David Beard of Houston, has developed a method of estimating an earth formation property of interest. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method of obtaining information about a property of interest relating to an earth ...
Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia Inventors Develop Epithelium Layer Inflammation Detection Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Amir H. Gandjbakhche of Potomac, Md., Jim Mulshine of Bethesda, Md., Paul Smith of Annapolis, Md., Victor Chernomordik of Rockville, Md., Edward Wellner of Fairfax, Va., and David W. Hattery of Washington, have developed a method of detecting inflammation of an ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Eddy-Current Magnetic Scanning Apparatus
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Yushi Sun and Tianhe Ouyang, both of Superior, Colo., have developed a remote-field eddy-current (RFEC) non-destructive testing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "RFEC excitation unit and sensor apparatus ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Scanning Apparatus
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Fumikata Andoh of Atsugi, Japan, and Shinichi Ozaki of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed an optical scanning apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for optical scanning includes a sliding bed and a center ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Semiconductor Optical Package
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Shi-Yun Cho of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a semiconductor optical package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor optical package for optical communication includes a cooling plate dissipating internal heat generated from ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Scanning Optical System
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Shoichi Yamazaki and Shuichi Kobayashi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a scanning optical system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning optical system capable of sufficiently enlarging an exit pupil and being reduced in size ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Projection System Mirror Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Robert W. Shreeve, William B. Connors, Timothy R Emery and George Radominski, all from Corvallis, Ore., have developed a mirror device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror device of one embodiment of the invention is for a projection ...
German Inventors Develop Optical Signals Sending, Receiving Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Norbert Ebel of Berlin, has developed optical signals sending or receiving device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device for sending or receiving optical signals wherein an opto-electrical transducer, an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Sensor Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Norihiro Kurumado of Kasugai, Japan, has developed a magnetic sensor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor device is used for detecting, e.g., a rotational speed of a rotor made of a magnetic material by sensing ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Field Generator Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Yasuhiro Endo and Shinichi Wakana, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a magnetic field generator device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The magnetic field generator device comprises a plurality of magnetic field generator units, ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Tool Position Indicator
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- John D. Schellenberg of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has developed a tool position indicator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for use with a surgical navigation system includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted to the ...
German Inventors Develop Linear Guide Unit
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Steven Worcester and Werner Blaurock, both of Niederwerrn, Germany, Wolfgang Kuellstaedt of Grafenrheinfeld, Germany, Richard Kuehnlein of Graefendorf, Germany, Thomas Wahler of Bergrheinfeld, Germany, Roland Greubel of Ramsthal, Germany, Werner Keller of ...
Rockwell Collins Wins $27.48 million Contract Modification
Nov 30, 2007 ... HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $27.48 million contract modification to Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the rebaseline for the system development and demonstration completion, low rate initial production, and production and deployment of ...
Camel Manufacturing Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a contract valued at up to $96 million to Camel Manufacturing Co., Pioneer, Tenn., for a variety of shelters. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense ...
Johnson Outdoors Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to Johnson Outdoors, Binghamton, N.Y., for a variety of shelters, trailers and components. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
SC Fuels Wins $6.95 Million Contract Modification
Nov 30, 2007 ... FORT BELVOIR, Va., Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $6.95 million contract modification to Southern Counties Oil Co. operating as SC Fuels, Orange, Calif., for biodiesel fuel. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
MMI - Federal Marketing Service Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to MMI - Federal Marketing Service Corp., Montgomery, Ala., for a variety of shelters. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, ...
Celina Tent Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to Celina Tent Inc., Celina, Ohio, for a variety of shelters, components and trailers. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
Schutt Industries Wins $96 Million Contract
Nov 30, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $96 million contract to Schutt Industries, Clintonville, Wis., for a variety of shelters, components, and trailers. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
GOV. RECOMMENDS CONTINUED STRONG SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION
Nov 30, 2007 ... Gov. Dave Freudenthal, D-Wyo., issued the following news release: Wyoming's support for education remains unshakable, Governor Dave Freudenthal said in releasing his education and school capital construction budget recommendations today. State spending on K-12 schools will total more ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Holographic Viewing Device
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Akiko Tanaka of Tokyo, has developed a holographic viewing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a hologram that enables two or more different images to be simultaneously reconstructed even in a state where the ...
German Inventor Develops Optically Variable Security Attribute
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Frank Puttkammer of Coswig, Germany, has developed an optically variable security attribute. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an optically variable security attribute for documents, securities, bank notes, ...
German Inventors Develop Patient's Examination Region Three-Dimensional Presentation Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Reinmar Killmann and Norbert Rahn, both of Forchheim, Germany, Estell Camuse of Erlangen, Germany, Hendrik Ditt of Hoechstadt, Germany, and Siegfried Wach of Hoechstact, Germany, have developed an apparatus for the three-dimensional (D) presentation of an examination ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Superconductive Conductor Quench Detection Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Michiharu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki and Toshihiro Takahashi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Shinichi Mukoyama and Masashi Yagi, both of Tokyo, have developed a method of detecting superconductive conductor quench. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Constant Voltage Generator Circuit
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Myung Chan Choi of San Jose, Calif., has developed a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) constant voltage generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "CMOS constant voltage generator circuit having ...
California Inventors Develop Device Under Test Electronic Measurement Method
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Thomas E. Waschura and James R. Waschura, both of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a method of electronic measurement of selected devices under test (DUT). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement device includes a measurement ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording Medium Detecting System
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Shoji Yamaguchi, Yasunori Koda, Kunihiro Takahashi, Mario Fuse and Tsukasa Matsuda, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method of detecting recording medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording medium detecting system ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Voltage Reference Circuit
Nov 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30 -- Kuen-Shan Chang and Mei-Show Chen, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Uei-Shan Uang of Taichung County, Taiwan, have developed a voltage reference circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage reference circuit including a positive ...