US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, January 25:
U.S, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REVISES SPECIAL RULE FOR WOLF MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Jan 25, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today revised special regulations under the Endangered Species Act governing the management of gray wolves introduced in the Central Idaho and ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Digital Camera Operation Control Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Min-ju Kim of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a method of controlling operation of a digital camera. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of controlling the operation of a digital camera to order to take an ...
French Inventor Develops Semiconductor Memory Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Jean-Pierre Schoellkopf of Grenoble, France, has developed a semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor cell includes, within a substrate region, four active zones that are mutually laterally isolated, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Solid State Imaging Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yoshihiro Okada of Hashima, Japan, has developed a solid state imaging device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid state imaging device comprises channel regions of one conductivity type arranged to extend along a first direction in ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Object Tracking Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Anurag Mittal, Nikolaos Paragios and Visvanathan Ramesh, all from Plainsboro, N.J., have developed a method of tracking an object. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of tracking an object comprises providing a plurality of cameras, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Camera Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yoshiki Ishige of Fussa, Japan, has developed a photographing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera has a provisional photographing mode in which a human model image is displayed on a through image in an overlapping manner on a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yoshihiro Honma of Asaka, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processor which forms a composite image of at least two images includes a storage unit which stores first and second ...
New York Inventors Develop Image Processing System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- David A. Novais of Penfield, N.Y., and John R. Fredlund of Rochester, N.Y., have developed an imaging system and process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "imaging system and method which enables viewers and/or ...
California Inventor Develops Digital Image Processor
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Mohammad A. Safai of Los Altos, Calif., has developed a digital image processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital image process for a digital camera contains a preprocessor and a postprocessor. The preprocessor can include, for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Medium Management Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Akira Toba of Osaka, Japan, has developed a recording medium management device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "digital camera showing on a display a graphical user interface having a first display portion for ...
California Inventors Develop Multimedia Communications System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Shantanu Sarkar and Duanpei Wu, both of San Jose, Calif., Nermin M. Ismail of Mountain View, Calif., and Walter R. Friedrich of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed multimedia communications systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Takashi Saiki, Hiroyuki Ohta and Hiroyuki Kanata, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension region is formed by ion implantation under masking by a gate electrode, and ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Surgical Lighting Control System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Steven H. Rus of Chardon, Ohio, Terry A. Drabinski of Stow, Ohio, James A. Petrucci of Chesterland, Ohio, David Jesurun of South Euclid, Ohio, Alan J. Greszler of Elyria, Ohio, and Yury Keselman of Beachwood, Ohio, have developed a surgical lighting control ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Double-Sided Capacitor Formation Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Fred Fishburn, Forest Chen and John M. Drynan, all from Boise, Idaho, have developed a double-sided capacitor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of forming a double-sided capacitor using at least one ...
New York Inventors Develop Radio Frequency System Synchronizing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Kenneth L Addy of Massapequa, N.Y., and Steven J. Winick of Woodmere, N.Y., have developed a method of synchronizing radio frequency (RF) system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "synchronizing method and system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin-Film Transistor
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Shigeto Maegawa, Takashi Ipposhi, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Shigenobu Maeda, Il-Jung Kim, Kazuhito Tsutsumi, Hirotada Kuriyama, Yoshiyuki Ishigaki, Motomu Ukita and Toshiaki Tsutsumi, all from Tokyo have developed a thin-film transistor. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Variable Capacitance Diode Manufacturing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yutaka Nabeshima of Osaka, Japan, has developed a variable capacitance diode manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of manufacturing a variable capacitance diode according to the present invention, a mask is ...
Washington Inventors Develop Bi-Directional Video Teleconferencing System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Patrick Monagahn of Maple Valley, Wash., Gordon E. Letney of Sumner, Wash., and James B. Moore of Kent, Wash., have developed a bi-directional video teleconferencing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bidirectional video ...
CJTF-82 PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE TO WOUNDED ANP
Jan 25, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of Defense's Combat Joint Task Force 82, Operation Enduring Freedom, issued the following news release: Members of the Afghan National Police from Ghazni Province were brought to a Coalition medical facility for treatment Jan. 24 after being wounded in Ghazni ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Wireless Local Area Network Module Power Management Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Hyeong Seog Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a wireless local area network (LAN) module. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A power management method and apparatus for a wireless LAN module in a ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Cellular Telephone Design
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Moshe Sorotzkin of D.N. Harei Yehudah, Israel, has developed a cellular telephone design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cellular telephone designed specifically to be visually appealing and practical for the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Image Forming Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Woo-chul Jung and Heung-kyu Jang, both of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Se-hyun Lyu of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image forming apparatus, which comprises ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Rugged Silicon-Containing Surfaces Formation Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Guy T. Blalock and Shenlin Chen, both of Boise, Idaho, and Lyle D. Breiner and Er-Xuan Ping, both of Meridian, Idaho, have developed capacitor constructions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention encompasses a method of forming a ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Robert T. Love of Barrington, Ill., Amativa Ghosh of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Ravi Kuchibhotla of Gurnee, Ill., and Nicholas W. Whinnett of Marlborough, Great Britain, have developed a wireless communication device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Laser Emitter
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Kazuyuki Iwamoto of Chiba, Japan, has developed a laser scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "laser emitter including: a first lens barrel portion for holding a first laser element; a second lens ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Virtual Communication Device Configuration Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Ichiro Okajima and Narumi Umeda, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed virtual communication device configuring methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is adapted to configure a virtual communication device that includes ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Relay Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Kohei Fujii of Tokyo has developed a relay apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay apparatus includes an external connection interface section and common terminal section. A plurality of communication sections are connected to ...
California Inventor Develops Mobile Entertainment, Communication Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Ki Il Kim of Los Angeles has developed a mobile entertainment and communication device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Communication Device Random-Based Decision-Making Process
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Hugo Cedraeus of Bromma, Sweden, has developed a random-based decision-making process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method is for a random-based decision making process. A communication device is activated and a menu is displayed ....
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Nonvolatile Memory Cells Operating Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Chih Chieh Yeh of Taipei, Taiwan, and Wen Jer Tsai of Hualien, Taiwan, have developed a nonvolatile memory cells operating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonvolatile memory cell with a charge storage structure is read by ...
California Inventors Develop Physically Exchanging Wireless Network Configuration Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Zeljko John Serceki and Rian D. Sanderson, both of Santa Rosa, Calif., have developed a method for physically exchanging wireless network configuration information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing configuration ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device with Trench Capacitor
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Mutsumi Okajima of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a trench capacitor formed in a semiconductor substrate for configuring a dynamic random ...
California Inventor Develops Eyeglasses with Wireless Audio Capability
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Scott C. Harris of San Diego has developed eyeglasses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cellular telephone is used as a remote control device to control operations on the users nonportable computer which is remote location to the ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Capacitor Structure
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Brett W. Busch, Ardavan Niroomand, Fred D. Fishburn and Richard D. Holscher, all from Boise, Idaho, and Luan C. Tran of Meridian, Idaho, have developed capacitor structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patterned mask can be formed ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Location Determination Functional Entity
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Markus Maanoja of Helsinki, Finland, has developed a location determination functional entity. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention concerns a method for obtaining location information ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Field Effect Transistor
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Kazuhiro Fujikawa and Shin Harada, both of Osaka, Japan, Hiroyuki Matsunami of Yawata, Japan, and Tsunenobu Kimoto of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a field effect transistor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "On a silicon carbide (SiC) ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Mobile Station Call Dropped Rate Reduction Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Chun-Hsiung Lin and Sung-Yao Lin, both of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a method of reducing call dropped rate of mobile station. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method, capable of reducing the call dropped rate of a mobile ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Wireless Network Personal Cache Management Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Sandhiprakash J. Bhide of Beaverton, Ore., has developed an apparatus for managing personal cache in a wireless network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for determining whether cache memory is available on a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Chang-Woo Oh, Dong-Gun Park and Jeong-Dong Choe Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Kyoung-Hwan Yeo of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device employs an asymmetrical ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Short Message Service Enhanced Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Bum-Chul Kang of Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea, has developed a method for enhanced short message service (SMS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for an enhanced SMS can include receiving a short message, checking ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Image Sensor Device Manufacturing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Jhy-Jyi Sze of Tai-Nan, Taiwan, has developed a metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor substrate is provided on which a plurality of shallow trench isolations defining a plurality of ...
Florida Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Thomas Ja Billhartzy and Steve Kopman, oth of Melbourne, Fla., and Vivek Krishna of Palm Bay, Fla., have developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communications system may include a plurality ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thermal Printing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Hiroyuki Otaka and Tetsuya Otsuka, both of Saitama, Japan, have developed a thermal printing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a color thermal printer, a thermal head has an array of heating elements, arranged in a main scan ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Thermal Printer
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Dong-Hun Han of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a thermal printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal printer is provided including a cable which connects a main board and a recording head to form an image on a print medium by ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Communication Terminal Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Kazuo Ogura of Akiruno, Japan, has developed a ommunication terminal apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit gives to input data a real file name for uniquely identifying the input data and stores the input data in a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Data Conversion Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Daiichi Sawabe of Tsu, Japan, has developed a data conversion device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The data conversion device of the present invention includes: a coding section for replacing one or ...
Washington Inventors Develop Area Watcher for Wireless Network
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Mario G. Tapia and Will Cousins, both of Seattle, and Gordon John Hines of Kirkland, Wash., have developed an area watcher for wireless network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dynamic and current information is provided regarding a ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Mobile Telecommunication Network
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Jan Ignatius and Petri Kokkonen, both of Espoo, Finland, have developed a mobile telecommunication network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of passing location data within a communication network to a third party is provided. The ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Global Positioning System Time Estimation Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Gerald Michalak and L. Scott Bloebaum, both of Cary, N.C., and William O. Camp Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C., have developed a method of estimating global positioning system (GPS) time. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile terminal ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Telephone Switching System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yousuke Mizutani of Tokyo, Yasubumi Chimura of Kanagawa, Japan, and Yumiko Araki of Chiba, Japan, have developed a telephone switching system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telephone switching system includes a position information ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Laser Marking Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Keisuke Endo and Hiroyuki Nishida, both of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, have developed a method for laser marking. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device and a method ...
French Inventor Develops Asymmetric Diac
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Ge Ducreux of Luynes, France, has developed a planar diac. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an asymmetric diac comprising a highly-doped substrate of a first type of conductivity, a lightly-doped epitaxial layer of ...
German Inventors Develop Ion-Sensitive Field Effect Transistor
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Christian Kunath of Dresden, Germany, and Eberhard Kurth of Moritzburg, Germany, have developed a field effect transistor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion-sensitive field effect transistor includes a substrate on which there are ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Communication System Subscriber Service
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Peter J. Armbruster and Bradley R. Schaefer, both of Chandler, Ariz., and Stephen D. Magee of Scottsdale, Ariz., have developed a communication system subscriber service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distributed home location ...
California Inventors Develop Nickel Silicon Alloy Barrier Layer
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Yanping Li of Mountain View, Calif., Jriyan Jerry Chenb of Santa Clara, Calif., and Lisa Yang of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a silicon integrated circuits fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
California Inventors Develop Inexpensive Position Sensing Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Chung Lau of Sunnyvale, Calif., Peter P. Tong of Mountain View, Calif., and C. Douglass Thomas of Campbell, Calif., have developed an inexpensive position sensing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inexpensive position sensing ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Mobile Station
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Akihito Morimoto, Sadayuki Abeta and Mamoru Sawahashi, all from Tokyo, have developed a mobile station. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A mobile station comprises a reception unit configured to receive a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Multi-Beam Scanning Device
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Takashi Shiraishi of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an optical multi-beam scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Unevenness of light quantity caused by angle dependence of transmittance is decreased, and a light beam is shaped ....
California, Illinois Inventors Develop Portable Communication Device Testing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Jerry J. Liu of Sunnyvale, Calif., John Cavanaugh of Windsor, Calif., and Thomas M. Snyder of Batavia, Ill., have developed a method for testing portable communication device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are disclosed systems ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Mobile Communication Terminal Call Processing Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Hui-Jin Hong of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a method for processing a call in a mobile communication terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for processing a call in a mobile communication terminal supporting ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Image Editing Performance Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Forrest C. Barnes of Georgetown, Ky., and Khageshwar Thakur of Lexington, Ky., have developed a method for performing image editing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing image editing includes displaying an image in a ...
German Inventor Develops Three-Dimensional Image Generation Method
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Rolf-Dieter Naske of Kakenstorf, Germany, has developed a method for generating three-dimensional images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating three-dimensional images based on a sequence of two-dimensional images is ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Galvonometric Scanning Apparatus
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Danny W. Peters and Roger S. Cannon, both of Lexington, Ky., Daniel E. Pawley of Louisville, Ky., and E. Dawson Ward of Richmond, Ky., have developed a galvonometric scanning apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiple light beams ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Chun-Hsiung Lin and Sung-Yao Lin, both of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timing method used by a mobile station in a wireless communication system. The timing method ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Dynamic Random Access Memory Cell
Jan 25, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 -- Cheol-ju Yun and Sun-hoo Park, both of Kyungki-do, South Korea, have developed a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DRAM cell includes a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric having ...