US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, January 17:
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Disk Drive Servo Sector
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Kiyotada Itou and Yoshio Soyama, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a magnetic disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention lower the servo sector's share of each track and ensure that servo sector numbers ...
California Inventors Develop Beam Manipulators
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- James B. Prince of Santa Clara, Calif., and Scott M. Detro of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a beam manipulation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compact beam manipulators employ one or more Risley prism sets with or without a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Silicone Rubber Surfaces
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Joe F. Arnold and Charles P. Bardons, both of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., have developed silicone rubber surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "molded silicone rubber sheets with optical quality surfaces and ...
German Inventor Develops Beverage Container Holder
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Andreas Schneider of Freudenstadt, Germany, has developed a food container holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing with an opening, a handle for the container, a door, and a locking and releasing mechanism for the handle. The ...
Maine Inventor Develops Gravity Actuated Retrieval Device
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Wallace K. Delbridge of Bucksport, Maine, has developed an object retrieval device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gravity-actuated device for retrieving various types of objects from various ground surfaces. The device has a single ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Objective Lens Driving Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Tsukasa Yamada of Sagamihara, Japan, has developed an objective lens driving apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an objective lens driving apparatus which includes a lens holder provided with a plurality of coils and swingably ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Noise Reduction Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Alexander S. Munro of loomfield Hills, Mich., and Andrew J. Mazurkiewicz of Sterling Heights, Mich., have developed a vehicle drag reduction method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "body part including a surface ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Portable Cargo Container
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Kevin Curtis Scotton of Aberdeen, N.C., has developed a cargo container cover system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable cargo container and cover system includes a container portion for stowing cargo in a vehicle cargo area, a ...
Robertson Aviation Wins $139,065 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $139,065 contract to Robertson Aviation LLC, Tempe, Ariz., for powered valves. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For more information ...
Military Aircraft Parts Wins $221,040 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $221,040 contract to Military Aircraft Parts, Rancho Cordova, Calif., for airframe structural components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For more ...
Pacific Scientific Wins $52,440 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $52,440 contract to Pacific Scientific Co., Duarte, Calif., for miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For ...
U.S. Army Awards $666,672 Contract to RAMIN General Trading & Contracting
Jan 17, 2008 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $666,672 contract to RAMIN General Trading & Contracting Co. WLL, Sharq, Kuwait, for the lease or rental of vehicular equipment components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Diesel Engine Common Rail
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Shoichiro Usui and Masayoshi Usui, both of Numazu, Japan, Yasuji Sakamoto of Izunokuni, Japan, Eiji Watanabe of Shizuoka, Japan, and Yasuaki Hashimoto of Izu, Japan, have developed a diesel engine common rail. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Injection Unit
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Richard Lang of Neumarkt-Polling, Germany, and Gerald Plank of Fensterbach, Germany, have developed an internal combustion engine injection unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection unit has an injector arrangement connected to a ...
German Inventors Develop Actuator Energy Determination Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Roland Dietl of Straubing, Germany, and Hans-Peter Rabl of Kelheim, Germany, have developed an actuator energy determining method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for determining the actuator energy required for the different ...
Majestic Metal Fabricating Wins $151,110 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... WARREN, Mich., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $151,110 contract to Majestic Metal Fabricating Co., Roseville, Mich., for vehicular equipment components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information ...
Australian Inventor Develops Multiple Directional Wheel
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Graham Guile of Hallidays Point, Australia, has developed a multiple vehicle directional wheel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple directional wheel includes a frame having a central hub rotatable about a main axis, a plurality of ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Photonic Regenerators Performance Monitoring Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Ganesh Lakshminarayana of Plainsboro, N.J., Ruomei Mu of East Brunswick, N.J., Hongsheng Wang of Bound Brook, N.J., Jithamithra Sarathy of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and Boris Stefanov of Gillette, N.J., have developed a photonic regenerators performance monitoring ...
California Inventors Develop Tunable Fabry-Perot Filter
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- William J. Gunning of Newbury Park, Calif., and William H. Southwell of Thousand Oaks, Calif., have developed a tunable optical filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunable Fabry-Perot filter that is less sensitive to angle of ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Device Fabrication Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Hyong Wook Jang of Daegu-kwangyokshi, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention ....
Florida Inventor Develops Bicycle Seat Post
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- William B. Shook of Tampa, Fla., has developed a bicycle seat post mounting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle seat post and clamp for mounting in the seat tube of a bicycle frame and clamping to the bicycle seat rails ....
Michigan Inventor Develops Direct View Aiming Sight
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Anthony M. Tai of Northville, Mich., has developed aiming sights for use with firearms. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A fused thermal and a direct view aiming sight includes an optical gun sight, a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Zoom Lens System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Yoshinori Itoh of Shimotsuke, Japan, has developed a zoom lens system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens system, which includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth lens units ...
New Mexico Inventors Develop Wide Field of View Telescope
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Mark R. Ackermann and Peter C. Zimmer, both of Albuquerque, N.M., and John T. McGraw of Placitas, N.M., have developed a wide field of view reflective telescope. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wide field of view telescope having two ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Modular Laboratory Cabinet Assembly
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- David Landsberger of Caldwell, N.J., Paul Thom of Butler, N.J., and Francis Gomes of Jersey City, N.J., have developed a modular laboratory equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular laboratory cabinet assembly consists of a ...
California Inventors Develop Vertically Stacked Field Programmable Nonvolatile Memory
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Vivek Subramanian of Menlo Park, Calif., and James M. Cleeves of Redwood City, Calif., have developed a field programmable nonvolatile memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A very high density field programmable memory is disclosed. An ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Spectral Optical Element
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Kenichi Nakama and Naoko Hikichi, both of Tokyo, have developed a spectral optical element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention targets a spectral optical element that outputs a light inputted at a predetermined incident ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wide-Band Wave Plate
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Osamu Masuda of Machida, Japan, Kazumi Furuta of Akishima, Japan, and Makiko Imae of Hino, Japan, have developed a wide-band wave plate controlling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "wide-band wave plate ...
Japanese Inventor Develops High-Resolution Zoom Lens System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Keiki Yoshitsugu of Sakai, Japan, has developed a zoom lens system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An object is to provide a high-resolution zoom lens system which has fewer lens elements and therefore, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Stereoimage Formation Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Takahiro Hashimoto, Makoto Ikeda and Hiroyuki Nemoto, all from Tokyo, have developed a stereoimage formation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stereoimage formation apparatus includes two lens array plates, each of which ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Chiho Kokubo, Aiko Shiga and Yoshifumi Tanada, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Shunpei Yamazaki of Tokyo, have developed a semiconductor device fabricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to provide a "method of ...
Michigan, Georgia Inventors Develop Brake Control System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Qiong Sun of Farmington Hills, Mich., David W. Weber of South Lyon, Mich., Frank Lubischer of Novi, Mich., and Eric Schieb of Duluth, Ga., have developed a vehicle steer control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turn control ...
German Inventor Develops Kitchen Corner Cabinet
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Reiner Kreyenkamp of Bad Essen, Germany, has developed a kitchen corner cabinet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner cabinet has a rectangular interior accessible through a door opening. A support column with a vertical swivel axis ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Medium
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Masaaki Abe, Hiroaki Moriyama, Yasuo Yamamoto, Yasufumi Suwabe, Yoshinori Machida and Kiyoshi Shigehiro, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a display medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a display medium ...
NASA, X PRIZE FOUNDATION TO RECOGNIZE CONRAD AWARD WINNERS
Jan 17, 2008 ... NASA issued the following media advisory: On Friday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. EST NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will recognize the first winners of the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award during the unveiling of a traveling exhibit titled "Spirit of Innovation." The event will take ...
Raytheon Technical Services Wins $150,678 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $150,678 contract to Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, for flat panel monitors. The contract was awardedby the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US ...
United Technologies Wins $540,875 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $540,875 contract to United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., for engines, turbines and components. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Fuel Injection System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Shou L. Hou of Wayne, Pa., has developed an internal combustion engine fuel injection system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel injection system operates under a substantially constant pump speed and creates multi-pressure levels by ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Refrigerator Home Bar Unit Door
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Dong-In Shin and Jae-sek Oh, both of Kwanglu, South Korea, have developed a refrigerator compartment door. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A refrigerator having a door to open and close a refrigerator ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Liquid Fuel System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Howard C. Stewart of High Point, N.C., has developed an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel supply line, a fuel pump connected to the supply ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Engine Governor
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- George P. Klonis of New Berlin, Wis., and James J. Dehn of Brookfield, Wis., have developed an engine governor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "governor for an engine including a speed sensor, a throttle member, ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Micro-Electro Mechanical Light Modulator Device
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- James McKinnell of Salem, Ore., and Arthur R. Piehl of Corvallis, Ore., have developed a micro-electro mechanical light modulator device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-electro mechanical light modulator device includes a movable ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Engine Ignition Coil Charge Duration Determination Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Guoming G. Zhu of Novi, Mich., and Ross D. Pursifull of Dearborn, Mich., have developed an engine ignition coil charge time control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a minimum ignition coil charge duration ...
Japanese Inventor Develops In-Cylinder Injection Engine Controller
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Osamu Fukasawa of Nagoya, Japan, has developed an in-cylinder injection engine controller. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "If a high-pressure pump discharges fuel in an injection waiting period from ...
Japanese Inventors Develops Clear Ink Ejection Nozzles
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Bunji Ishimoto and Hirokazu Nunokawa, both of Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed an ink ejection nozzle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ejection of ejecting sections such as nozzles for ejecting clear ink is inspected with ease. A color ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Engine Control Device
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Yukikazu Ito of Nishikamo-gun, Japan, and Kenichi Kinose of Okazaki, Japan, have developed an internal combustion engine control device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine electronic control unit executes a program including the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Control Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Hideki Takamatsu and Yasuhiro Nakai, both of Anjo, Japan, Shoji Inagaki of Numazu, Japan, and Kenji Kawahara of Kariya, Japan, have developed a vehicle control apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Engine with Oil Supply System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Ichiro Tanaka of Kakogawa, Japan, and Yoshiharu Matsuda of Akashi, Japan, have developed a vehicle engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine for a vehicle for which the work of replacing an oil filter or an oil cooler is easily ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ink Jet Printer Manufacturing Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Seong Hak Moon of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a ink jet printer driver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an ink jet printer for display device fabrication, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Optical Modulator Module Package Structure
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Suk Kee Hong of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an optical modulator module package structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an optical modulator module package structure. In the optical modulator module package ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Ejection Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Shinya Komatsu of Nagano-ken, Japan, has developed a print liquid ejection apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A correction-pattern forming method, for example, for forming a correction pattern with which it is possible to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Control Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Takeshi Iwahashi of Toyota, Japan, has developed an internal combustion engine control apparatus. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a control apparatus for an ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Engine Control System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Michael J. Cullen of Northville, Mich., has developed a vehicle engine control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for utilizing a humidity sensor with an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is described ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Throttle Valve System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Masato Yokoi of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed a vehicles electronic throttle valve system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electronic throttle valve system more suitable for use in straddle type vehicles. A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hologram Recording Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Kazuhiro Hayashi, Katsunori Kawano, Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Jiro Minabe, Shin Yasuda, Hisae Yoshizawa and Norie Matsui, all from Ashigarakami-gun, Japan, have developed a hologram recording method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Print Recording Apparatus
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Atsushi Sakamoto and Jiro Moriyama, both Kawasaki, Japan, and Hirokazu Tanaka of Ohta-ku, Japan, and have developed a print recording head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus performs a recording operation with a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Direct Injection Engine Cylinder Bowl-In-Piston
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Jianwen Yi and Zheng Xu, both of Canton, Mich., and Steven Wooldridge of Saline, Mich., have developed an engine cylinder bowl-in-piston. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A piston in a direct injection ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Piston Engine
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Hsin-Ping Chu of Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a piston engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston engine has a crank assembly, a piston assembly, a crank case assembly and a cylinder head assembly. The crank assembly has a ...
Federal Prison Industries Wins $93,997 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... WARREN, Mich., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $93,997 contract to Federal Prison Industries Inc., Lexington, Ky., for electric power and distribution equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...
Parker Hannifin Customer Support Wins $69,398 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $69,398 contract to Parker Hannifin Customer Support Inc., Irvine, Calif., for the repair and modification of liquid transmitters. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Parker Hannifin Customer Support Wins $37,456 Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $37,456 contract to Parker Hannifin Customer Support Inc., Irvine, Calif., for the repair and modification of landing gear wheels. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
BAE Systems Land & Armaments Wins $8.74 Million Contract
Jan 17, 2008 ... WARREN, Mich., Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $8.74 million contract to BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, York, Pa., for vehicular furniture and accessories. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Optical Projection System
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Nayef M. Abu-Ageel of Fall River, Mass., has developed a light guide array system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical projection system comprises a light source, a substantially planar optical element array for receiving light ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ink Cartridge
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Shingo Hattori of Tsushima, Japan, Tomohiro Kanbe of Nagoya, Japan, and Toyonori Sasaki of Anjo, Japan, have developed an ink jet printer cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink cartridge includes a first case having a wall ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Object's Sale Facilitation Method
Jan 17, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- Robert A. Kronenberger of Deerfield, Ill., has developed a computer network server for facilitating sale of an object. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for facilitating sale of objects such as caps over ...