US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, March 4:
Colorado Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Dart Board
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Charles M. Hanes III of Louisville, Colo., has developed an ornamental design for a dart board, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,478 on March 4. The original application was filed on Sept ....
Tennessee Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sign Support
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Tim Adams of Maryville, Tenn., has developed an ornamental design for a sign support, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,477 on March 4. The original application was filed on Sept. 28, 2004, ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Integrated Tabbed Note
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Janet K. Lau of Union City, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for an integrated tabbed note and clip, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,475 on March 4. The original application was ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Fluorescent Lamp
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Si Youl Noh of Kyunggi-do, South Korea, has developed a fluorescent lamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp including: a body having fixtures mounted at both end portions thereof so as to ...
German Inventors Develop Table Operating Base
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Reinhard Pfeuffer of Elchesheim-Illingen, Germany, and Georg Marx of Weingarten, Germany, have developed a table operating base. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a base for an operating table comprising a support column and a patient ...
Mississippi Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Scrapbook Paper File Holder
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Scott D. Smith of Hernando, Miss., has developed an ornamental design for a scrapbook paper file holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,476 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Nailer with Illumination Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Yao Sheng Shen, Sunking Hung, Leo Huang, Sam Yu and Shin Nan Chang, all from Taichung, Taiwan, have developed a nailer with an illumination device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nailer with an illumination device located adjacent to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Molded Polyurethane Foam Product
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Koichiro Yamasaki of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a molded polyurethane foam product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least two urethane stock solutions capable of forming polyurethane foam segments having different physical ...
Dutch, British Inventors Develop Illumination Surface
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Stijn Hermannus Wilhelmus Ossevoort of Waalre, Netherlands, and Natalie Woolf of London, have developed an illuminating surface. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides an ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Sunshade with Illuminating Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Benson Tung of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed a sunshade with an illuminating device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sunshade includes a post having a rib-mounting member mounted thereon. A plurality of ribs, each having a rib end, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Ink Cartridge
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Akihisa Wanibe, Taku Ishizawa and Takayoshi Katsumura, all from Suwa, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an ink cartridge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,467 on March 4. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Decorative Article
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Ken Egashira and Hirofumi Nitta, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Motoaki Muraoka of Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a decorative article and vehicular lamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "decorative article ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Writing Instrument Clip
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Jason Silverstein of Chicago has developed an ornamental design for a clip for a writing instrument, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,474 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to Sanford ...
California Inventor Develops Ventilated Mattress
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Rick T. Swartzburg of Westlake Village, Calif., has developed a ventilated mattress. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilated mattress includes a top foam layer having a plurality of spaced apart holes which extend through the ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Pen
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Zhiming Qiu and Yu Zhou, both of Ningbo, China, have developed an ornamental design for a pen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,473 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to Beifa Group ...
APS RETURNS TO GHANA
Mar 04, 2008 ... The U.S. Navy issued the following press release: By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael CampbellAfrica Partnership Station Public Affairs High Speed Vessel 2 Swift pulled into Tema, March 3, its fifth port visit as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Ophthalmic Photography Apparatus
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Shigeaki Ono of Utsunomiya, Japan, has developed a photography apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic photography apparatus includes an illumination light source operable to illuminate an eye to be examined, a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Toshihisa Yamamoto of Kanagawa, Japan, and Ken Nakajima of Tokyo, have developed an image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "camera signal process and apparatus processing for interpolating, at ...
German Inventors Develop Reduced Image Projection Apparatus
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Joerg Ferber of Angerstein, Germany, and Henning Schmidt of Goettingen, Germany, have developed a reduced image projecting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system for projecting an image of a photomask on a substrate, ...
Texas Inventor Develops Digital Image Resampling Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Ching-Yu Hung of Plano, Texas, has developed a resampling method for digital image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polyphase filtering, such as resampling for image resizing, on a processor with parallel output units is cast in terms of ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Rear Projection Display Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Timothy Scott Engle of Tualatin, Ore., has developed a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "rear projection display device. The display device includes a screen and a base to which the screen is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Illumination Unit
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Kye-hoon Lee and Won-yong Lee, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Young-chol Lee of Gunpo-si, South Korea, have developed an illumination unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "illumination unit with an improved ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Eyeglasses
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Alain Miklitarian of Paris has developed an ornamental design for eyeglasses, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,454 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to WIS Sarl, Paris. The ...
California Inventors Develop Lighting Apparatus with Adjustable Lens
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Rudy G. Pohlert of Calabasas, Calif., Pat Grosswendt of Agoura, Calif., Kevin C. Baxter of Saugus, Calif., and Ken S. Fisher of Los Angeles, have developed a lighting apparatus with adjustable lenses or filters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventor Develops Optical Surface Model Determination System
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Guangming Dai of Fremont, Calif., has developed optical surface model determining systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system of an eye are ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Eye Tracking Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Riad I. Hammoud of Kokomo, Ind., has developed an eye tracking method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye tracking method tracks a subject's eye template by correlation between successive video frames, and periodically updates the eye ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Optical Scanning Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Henry M. Israel of Bnei Brak, Israel, has developed an optical scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "optical scanning device including a bundle of optical fibers adapted for delivering optical energy ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Light Amount Adjustment Actuator Unit
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Shoichi Saito and Hiromichi Sakano, both of Hachioji, Japan, have developed a light amount adjustment actuator unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit includes a first unit formed by accommodating, in a first case, an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projection Type Video Display
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Hirotake Horiguchi and Naoyuki Ikeda, both of Osaka, Japan, and Takeshi Higashino of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a projection type video display. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A system control circuit ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Back Light Module with Birefringent Crystal Assembly
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Chun-Yu Lee and Jen-Tsorng Chang, both of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, have developed a back light module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A back light module includes a light guide plate, a number of light sources at one side of the light guide ...
Italian Inventor Develops Motion Pictures Loads Balancing System
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Guido Cartoni of Rome has developed a load balancing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system of heads that support a camera with a rotation axis allowing rotation along a -90 degree/+90 degree arc, with a ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bow Guide for Stringed Instruments
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- David Mark Plummer of Coventry, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a bow guide for stringed instruments, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,456 on March 4. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Power Supply Apparatus
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Osamu Nonaka of Sagamihara, Japan, has developed a power supply apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the switching operation of a switching section, current is made to flow from a battery to an inductor ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Projection Display System
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Kun-ho Cho, Alexei Borodouline, Ji-whan Noh and Kirill Sokolov, all from Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a reflection unit with a mirror array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection display system includes a screen, an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Guitar Sound Hole Plate
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Atsushi Kitazawa of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for plate for the sound hole of a guitar, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,457 on March 4. The patent has been ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Eyeglass Frame
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Aaron Markovitz of Ormond Beach, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for an eyeglass frame, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,455 on March 4. The original application was filed on Oct ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Printer
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Sakiko Kobayashi and Mitsuharu Hattori, both of Nagoya, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,461 on March 4. The patent has been ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Digital Retinal Imaging Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Ann E. Elsner of Reading, Mass., has developed a digital retinal imaging device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A portable, lightweight digital imaging device uses a slit scanning arrangement to obtain ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Flash Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Naoki Kubo of Saitama-ken, Japan, has developed an electronic flash device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic flash device and a camera which can smoothly display a video even though preliminary emission for red-eye reduction ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Pickup Apparatus
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Hirofumi Suda of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an image pickup apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image pickup apparatus having: an image pickup unit for picking up an image of an object; an ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Calculator
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Brian Mehler of Long Beach, Calif., and Andrew Palmer of Palm Desert, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a calculator, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,460 on March 4. The ...
California Inventors Develop Sterile Hand Held Slit Lamp
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Cary Spediacci of Daly City, Calif., John Weberg of Gilroy, Calif., and Brian Bliven of San Jose, Calif., have developed a sterile hand held slit lamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterile hand held slit lamp for laser refractive ...
California Inventor Develops Toothbrush Making Methods
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Steven L. Kayser of San Diego has developed a toothbrush. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiments relate to a toothbrush and methods of making and using it, wherein an elongated body has a bristle brush head portion and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electronic Musical Instrument
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Toshio Iwai of Tokyo, and Yu Nishibori of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an electronic musical instrument, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,459 on March 4. The ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Camera Clip
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Jeng Khim Tan and Boon Keat Eddy Toh, both of Singapore, have developed an ornamental design for a camera clip, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,452 on March 4. The patent has been ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Digital Image Device White Balance Adjustment Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Hyung-ok Choi of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a white balance adjustment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for a digital image device having an image-capturing device for photoelectrically changing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Digital Camera
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Satoru Okamoto of Saitama-ken, Japan, has developed an improved digital camera. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a digital camera and an image pickup device which ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Fundus Camera
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Naoki Ichikawa of Gamagori, Japan, has developed a fundus camera. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "fundus camera that performs alignment easily and efficiently, and photographing a fundus favorably. A fundus ...
ICBA Announces 2008 Policy Priorities
Mar 04, 2008 ... The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: Orlando, Fla. - The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced its top legislative and regulatory priorities for the coming year. ICBA made its announcement at its National Convention and ...
Community Banks Essential To America's Economy
Mar 04, 2008 ... The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: Orlando, Fla. - Independent Community Bankers of America's (ICBA) outgoing chairman, James P. Ghiglieri, Jr., in his farewell address today before the 2008 ICBA National Convention and Techworld in Orlando, ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Optical Transmission Element
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Thomas W. Mossberg and Christoph M. Greiner, both of Eugene, Ore., and Dmitri Iazikov of Springfield, Ore., have developed an optical transmission element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises an optical transmission ...
Australian Inventors Develop Inkjet Printer Cartridge Unit
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Kia Silverbrook, Akira Nakazawa, Christopher Hibbard, Paul Ian MacKey, Norman Micheal Berry and Garry Raymond Jackson, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed a cartridge unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge unit for an ...
Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printhead Power Distribution Arrangement
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a printhead for a portable printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printhead comprises a plurality of nozzle chambers that house an ink ejection actuator for ejecting ink from said ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Inkjet Recording Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Atsushi Tomotake and Miyako Sugihara, both of Hino, Japan, Takahiro Matsuzawa of Hachioji, Japan, and Kenzo Nakazawa of Sakai, Japan, have developed an inkjet recording method. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Monitor Camera
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Yi-Jen Cheng of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a monitor camera, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,451 on March 4. The original application was filed on June 4, ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Photonic Integrated Device
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Milind R. Gokhale, Stephen R. Forrest and Yu Huang, all from Princeton, N.J., Vinod M. Menon of Lawrenceville, N.J., and Fengnian Xia of Plainsboro, N.J., have developed a photonic integrated device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Monitor Camera Body
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Yi-Jen Cheng of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a body of monitor camera, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,450 on March 4. The original application was filed on ...
Australian Inventors Develop Inkjet Printer Cradle Unit
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Kia Silverbrook, Akira Nakazawa, Christopher Hibbard, Paul Ian MacKey, Norman Micheal Berry and Garry Raymond Jackson, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed an inkjet printer cradle unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cradle ...
Maryland, West Virginia Inventors Develop Camera Motion Parameters Estimation Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Samuel Henry Chang of Rockville, Md., Ali Farsaie of Potomac, Md., Leslie Ray Elkins of Derwood, Md., and J. Joseph Fuller of South Charleston, W.Va., have developed a camera motion parameters estimating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New York Inventor Develops Dual-Filter Architecture for Reduced Dispersion
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Vikram Bhatia of Painted Post, N.Y., has developed a dual-filter architecture for reduced dispersion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chromatic dispersion of thin-film based mux/demux and add/drop modules can be reduced. Thin-film devices ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Digital Camera
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Hiroyuki Kinemura of Nishinomiya, Japan, and Kazuhisa Tashima of Daito, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a digital camera, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,449 on March ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Low Loss Tunable Ring Resonator Allpass Filter
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Sanjay Patel and Mahmoud Rasras, both of New Providence, N.J., and Douglas M. Gill of South Orange, N.J., have developed a low loss tunable ring resonator allpass filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ink Cartridge
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Masaki Matsushita, Hirokazu Nakamura, Hisashi Yoshimura and Takashi Goto, all from Nara, Japan, Naozumi Ueno of Ikoma, Japan, and Hiroshi Ishii of Osaka, Japan, have developed an ink cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Television Projection Adjustment Method
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Katsuo Isono and Kunihiro Yoshizawa, both of Tokyo, have developed a television (TV) projection adjusting method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus of re-adjusting convergence of a projection TV are disclosed. The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Moving Image Sending Web Camera
Mar 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 4 -- Takashi Miyamoto of Saitama, Japan, has developed a web camera for sending a moving image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal distinction circuit distinguishes the terminal type. When the terminal is a personal computer, moving ...