US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, January 24:
ICBA Commends Sen. Christopher Dodd On ILC Legislation
Jan 24, 2008 ... The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: Camden R. Fine, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), issued the following statement following Sen. Christopher Dodd's (D-Conn.) announcement on the Senate Banking ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board with Flap Unit
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Katsunori Ito and Masahiko Kyouzuka, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a printed circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus such as a tablet personal computer has a rectangular magnesium body ....
Chinese Inventors Develop Portable Computer Heat Sink
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Jun Long, Yong Zhong, Tao Li and Wan-Lin Xia, all from Guangdong, China, have developed a portable computer heat sink. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat sink for a portable computer includes a plurality of fins located external to ...
U.S., Swiss Inventors Develop Disk Drive Servo Control System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Evangelos S. Eleftheriou and Mark A. Lantz, both of Zurich, Switzerland, Charalampos Pozidis of Gattikon, Switzerland, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha of Ossining, N.Y., Hien Dang of Nanuet, N.Y., and Arun Sharma of New Rochelle, N.Y., have developed a disk drive system ....
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Notebook Computer Display Card Connecting Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Kang Wu of Tao Yuan Shien, Taiwan, has developed a notebook computer display card connecting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting apparatus of a notebook computer display card is described. The connecting apparatus has ...
Texas Inventor Develops Hard Drive Carrier
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Robert Roy McAlister of Austin, Texas, has developed a hard drive carrier. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible drive carrier is disclosed. The drive carrier includes flexible elements that accommodate variations in sizes of hard ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Footwear Upper
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Manon Belley of Laval, Canada, and Carl A. Blakeslee of Portland, Ore., have developed an ornamental design for footwear upper, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D560,059 on Jan. 22. The patent ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Sub-Circuit Voltage Manipulation Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Don Douglas Josephson and Samuel D. Naffziger, both of Fort Collins, Colo., have developed a sub-circuit voltage manipulation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit is provided which in one embodiment includes: a ...
Maine Inventors Develop Motor Controlled Shaft
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Dina M. Lewis and Clarence A. Lewis, both of Casco, Maine, have developed a visual indication for a motor controlled shaft, especially useful for retrofitting hand controlled printing presses, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Motor Control Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Hiroshi Suzuki of Okazaki, Japan, has developed a vehicle steering apparatus. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a motor control apparatus for vector-controlling a ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Cyclic Loads Power Variation Control System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Ronald G. Peterson of Racine, Wis., has developed a cyclic load system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for managing power demand of a motor in a cyclic load system having a rotational mass is provided. Flat power ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for TV Set with Digital Versatile Disc Player Frame
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Xuefeng Ren of Guangzhou, China, has developed an ornamental design for a frame for TV set with digital versatile disc player, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,178 on Jan. 22. The patent has ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Plasma Display Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Sok-San Kim of Cheonan-si, South Korea, has developed a plasma display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "plasma display apparatus including a display panel, a chassis base coupled to a rear of the ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Energy Conditioning Arrangement
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Anthony A. Anthony and William M. Anthony, both of Erie, Pa., have developed an arrangement for energy conditioning. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuit arrangement embodiments that use relative groupings of energy pathways that ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Power Converter
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Cornelis Johannes Adrianus Schetters of AE Nijmegen, Netherlands, has developed a power converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "power converter comprising: a rectifier arrangement having inputs coupled to ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Power Controller User Interface Button
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Craig R. Dennis and Thomas R. Pfingsten, both of Winona, Minn., and Donald L. Commare of La Crescent, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a power controller user interface button, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Cancer Recurrence Prediction Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Olivier Saidi of Greenwich, Conn., David A. Verbel of New York, and Lian Yan of Chester Springs, Pa., have developed a method for predicting recurrence of cancer in a patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Controller with Temperature Calculating Means
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Shigeru Kobayashi of Toyohashi, Japan, Seiichi Watanabe of Nishikamo-gun, Japan, and Seiichi Tanaka of Toyota, Japan, have developed a vehicle motor controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor controller is provided with: an ...
Washington Inventors Develop Metadata Driven Software Development System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Rodion Degtyar, Jigar B. Thakkar and Andrey A. Zaytsev, all from Sammamish, Wash., Michaeljon Miller and Navin I. Thadani, both of Bellevue, Wash., Jagan M Peri of Redmond, Wash., and Kevin M. Whittenberger of Woodinville, Wash., have developed a metadata driven ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shoe Sole
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Marya L. Chan of Boston has developed an ornamental design for a shoe sole, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,060 on Jan. 22. The patent has been assigned to New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., ...
California, Virginia Inventors Develop Distributed Group Decision Analysis Support
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Amos Freedy of Encino, Calif., Gershon Weltman of Sherman Oaks, Calif., James McDonough of Newbury Park, Calif., Marvin Cohen of Arlington, Va., and Elan Freedy of Fairfax, Va., have developed a system to support distributed group decision analysis. An ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Circuits Chip Overheat Conditions Detection Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- S. M. Sohel Imtiaz of San Jose, Calif., has developed temperature sensitive chips. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal shutdown system that can accurately detect a chip overheat condition or a local overheat condition is described ....
New York Inventors Develop Qubit Coupling Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Guido Burkard of Irvington, N.Y., David P. DiVincenzo of Tarrytown, N.Y., George A. Keefe of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Roger H. Koch of Amawalk, N.Y., and James R. Rozer of Peekskill, N.Y., have developed a method of coupling a qubit. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electric Double Layer Capacitor
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Koji Endo, Kikuko Kato, Yasuo Nakahara and Hiroshi Nonoue, all from Hirakata, Japan, and Masaaki Nemoto of Kyoto, Japan, have developed an electric double layer capacitor. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Digital Versatile Disc Recorder
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Jung-Hyun Park, Min-Ho Cha and Hyun-Teak Lim, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a digital versatile disc recorder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D560,180 on Jan ....
German Inventor Develops Recurrent Artificial Neural Network Teaching Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Herbert Jaeger of Koenigewinter, Germany, has developed a method for the supervised teaching of a recurrent neutral network (RNN). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A typical embodiment of the method utilizes a large (50 units or more), ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Robot Arms Wireless Auto-Offset System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Sheng-Hua Yang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Chia-Feng Liang of Taichung County, Taiwan, have developed robot arms auto-offset system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless three-dimensional (3D) auto-offset system for robot arms is ...
Wisconsin, Ohio Inventors Develop Battery Charging System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Gary D. Meyer and Todd W. Johnson, both of Waukesha, Wis., Jay J. Rosenbecker of Menomonee Falls, Wis., Kevin L. Glasgow of Lomira, Wis., Karl F. Scheucher of Waite Hill, Ohio, have developed a battery charging method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Fuse
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Manabu Ohta and Hideki Shibata, both of Gifu-ken, Japan, and Katsuya Ito of Mie-ken, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a fuse, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D560,172 on Jan ....
REP. HINOJOSA ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING OF DONNA-RIO BRAVO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PROJECT
Jan 24, 2008 ... Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas (15th CD), issued the following news release: Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) announced this week that a special groundbreaking ceremony will take place at the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge on Monday, January 21. The event will mark the official ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Document Retrieval Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Desiree D. G. Gosby of Allston, Mass., has developed a method for document analysis and retrieval. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for document analysis and retrieval. A remote host in a first ...
Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors Develop Data Mining System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Qian Yang of Broadview Heights, Ohio, Ronald Cass of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Igor Sedukhin of Smithtown, N.Y., Yogesh Gupta of Setauker, N.Y., Charles Garofalo of Framingham, Mass., and Kirk Wilson of Sugar Hill, N.H., have developed a data mining ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Surface Configuration Front Fender
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Pierre Leclercq of Munich, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a surface configuration of a front fender for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,148 on Jan. 22. The ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vehicle Fender
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- George Bucher of Dearborn, Mich., Edward Golden of Pinckney, Mich., and David Mahoney of Orchard Lake, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a vehicle fender, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Hood Surface Configuration
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Pierre Leclercq of Munich, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a surface configuration of a hood for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,146 on Jan. 22. The patent has ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Charitable Donation Increasing Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- James H. Wolfston of West Linn, Ore., has developed a method for increasing charitable donation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Charitable donations are increased by automatically providing immediate on-line recognition of on-line ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wind Generator Channeled Frame
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Florencia Martinez of Newbury Park, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a wind generator channeled frame, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,162 on Jan. 22. The patent has been ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Recording Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Akir Kuriharaa, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima and Hideo Owa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Yoichiro Sako of Chiba, Japan, have developed a data recording apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vehicle Front Upper Bumper Cover
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Sean W Tant of Livonia, Mich., George Bucher of Dearborn, Mich., Jeff Sanders of Allen Park, Mich., and Michael Smith of Plymouth, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a vehicle front upper bumper cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Recording Medium
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Hiroyasu Inoue, Koji Mishima, Masaki Aoshima and Hironori Kakiuchi, all from Chuo-ku, Japan, have developed an optical recording medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical recording medium includes a substrate, a light ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin-Film Magnetic Head
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Taro Oike, Kiyoshi Noguchi, Shin Narushima, Takamitsu Sakamoto and Hiraku Hirabayashi, all from Tokyo, have developed a thin-film magnetic head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin-film magnetic head includes a lower magnetic layer, an ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tire Tread
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Tsai Jen Lo of Chang-Hwa, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a tire tread, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D560,157 on Jan. 22. The original application was filed on Nov. 18, 2005, ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Financial Transaction Implementation Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Venkatachari Dilip of Cupertino, Calif., and Sanjeev Dheer of Scarsdale, N.Y., have developed an apparatus for implementing financial transaction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A withdrawal of assets is initiated from a first account at ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Virtual Persona Managing System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Lev Mirlas and Victor Chan, both of Thornhill, Canada, Ross McKegney and Darshanand Khusial, both of Mississauga, Canada, have developed a data processing system for managing a virtual persona. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique ...
California Inventor Develops Sensorless Brushless Direct Current Motor Drive
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Peter N Wood of Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., has developed brushless direct current (BLDC) motor drives. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a variable speed BLDC motor drive circuit. The circuit includes a plurality of ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Financial Transaction Implementation Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Venkatachari Dilip of Cupertino, Calif., and Sanjeev Dheer of Scarsdale, N.Y., have developed an apparatus for implementing financial transaction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A withdrawal of assets is initiated from a first account at ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Spiral Reference Servo Signal Writing Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Cheol-soon Kim of Anyang-si, South Korea, Jun-seok Shim of Seongnam-si, South Korea, and Sung-won Park of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a spiral reference servo signal writing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Surgical Instrument Plug
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Anthony John Groch of Mantua, N.J., Robert R. Acorcey of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Jerry L. Malis of King of Prussia, Pa., have developed an ornamental design for a surgical instrument plug, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Power Supply Control Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Kuan-Hong Hsieh of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, has developed a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A CCFL driving system for digitally driving at least one CCFL, according to embodiments of the present invention, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Akihiko Masuki of Kunitachi, Japan, has developed an optical apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "optical apparatus having a first member and a second member rotating about an optical axis with respect to ...
Washington Inventors Develop Rotating Media Storage Devices Power Buffering Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- William J. Westerinen of Issaquah, Wash., and Stephen R. Drake of Seattle, have developed rotating media storage devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for buffering power for rotating media ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Light Emitting Diode Driving Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Jeong-il Kang of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Sang-hoon Lee of Ulsan, South Korea, have developed a light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for driving an LED is provided. The driving ...
California Inventors Develop Portfolio Optimization Process
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Jason S. Scott and John G. Watson, both of Menlo Park, Calif., Christopher L. Jones of Redwood Shores, Calif., and James W. Shearer of San Francisco, have developed a portfolio optimization process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Photographic Lens
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Sung-ho Jo of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a photographic lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "small size photographic lens for the photographic unit of a device such as a camera or a camera phone ....
British Inventors Develop Data Transfer Apparatus Heads Cleaning Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- John Mark Mackelden, Nigel Ronald Evans and Andrew Malcolm George Clarke, all from Bristol, Great Britain, have developed a data transfer apparatus heads cleaning method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transfer apparatus is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Electrodeless Lighting System Manufacturing Method
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Byeong-Ju Park, Joon-Sik Choi, Hyun-Jung Kim, Seung-Yeup Hyun, Dae-Kyung Kim and Ri-Na Hwang, all from Seoul, South Korea, and Yun-Chul Jung, Yong-Seog Jeon and Ji-Young Lee, all from Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea, have developed an electrodeless lighting ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Image Formation Equipment Supplier
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Yuki Uchida of Wayne, N.J., Toshihiro Kudara of River Edge, N.J., and Hisashi Ishijima of Fort Lee, N.J., have developed a supplier for image forming equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system to help users of image ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Projection Lens System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Chin-Ku Liu of Miao-Li County, Taiwan, has developed a projection lens system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture comprising a round filter portion and at least one annular filter portion is provided. The round filter portion and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Control System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Shigeru Kobayashi of Toyohashi, Japan, and Keizo Ishizu of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a vehicle motor control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller is operable in one of a plurality of operational modes, which ...
New York Inventors Develop Foreign Exchange Trading System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Dierk Reuter and Eddie Wen, both of New York, have developed a foreign exchange trading system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented trading of financial products can include using a first communication channel to stream ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Automated Trading Exchange System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Ross G. Kaminsky and Gordon D. Evora, both of Chicago, have developed an automated trading exchange system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of opening option trading in an automated exchange trading ...
California Inventor Develops Financial Processing System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Paul H. Phibbs Jr. of Escondido, Calif., has developed a financial processing system. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates in general to financial processing systems performed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disk Control Apparatus
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Atsushi Suzuki, Yukio Abe and Shigenori Yanagi, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a disk control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk control apparatus controls a disk driving unit that performs read/write of data with ...
California Inventors Develop Hard Disk Drive Contact Potential Determining System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Peter Michael Baumgart, Bernhard E. Knigge and Charles Mathew Mate, all from San Jose, Calif., have developed a hard disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for determining contact ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Image Pick-Up Lens System
Jan 24, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Zhuo Wang, Min-Qiang Wang, Ying-Bai Yan, Guo-Fan Jin and Ji-Yong Zeng, all from Beijing, have developed an image pick-up lens system. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...