US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, March 18:
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Audio Effects Controlling System
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jesse Martin Remignanti of Arlington, Mass., has developed a system for controlling audio effect. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio effects control for and method of controlling the application of special audio effects applied to ...
U.S., Australian Inventors Develop Solar Cell Manufacturing Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- William P. Mulligan, Thomas Pass and David Smith, all from San Jose, Calif., Neil Kaminar of Boulder Creek, Calif., Richard M. Swanson of Los Altos, Calif., Michael J. Cudzinovic of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Keith McIntosh of Newport Beach, Australia, have developed a ...
FREE OPEN SKATE AT BROOME COUNTY VETERAN'S MEMORIAL ARENA
Mar 18, 2008 ... Broome County issued the following press release: Broome County Executive Barbara Fiala invites local skaters to skate free at the Broome County Veterans Memorial ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Tailgate, Hinge Assembly for Pickup Truck
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Danny Jay Wilcox of Oregon City, Ore., and Daniel George Willis of Portland, Ore., have developed a pickup truck tailgate and hinge assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tailgate and hinge assembly for a pickup truck includes a ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Inorganic Boranophosphate Salt Preparation Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Bilha Fischer of Shoham, Israel, and Victoria Nahum of Rishon Lezion, Israel, have developed an inorganic boranophosphate salt. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides novel inorganic boranophosphate salts that can be used ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Sun Visor for Vehicles
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Yoshiki Iwatsuka and Yasuhiko Kobayashi, both of Aichi, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing a sun visor for vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved technique ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Oral Drug Formulation Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Inger Norden of Hoor, Sweden, Catarina Carling of Malmo, Sweden, and Peter Fyhr of Bjarred, Sweden, have developed a drug with low solubility. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an extended release ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Driving Apparatus
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Ki Duk Kim of Kunpo-shi, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display device driving apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus of driving the liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a picture quality ...
Australia, German Inventors Develop Recombinant Poxvirus Preparation Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Paul Howley of Glen Waverly, Australia, and Sonja Leyrer of Munich, Germany, have developed a recombinant poxvirus preparation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sent invention relates to a recombinant poxvirus vector capable ...
Danish Inventors Develop Drug Carrier Pellet Production Process
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Eva Lynenskhold of Copenhagen O, Denmark, and Lone Norgaard Jorgensen of Birkerod, Denmark, have developed a drug carrier pellet production process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a process for the production of ...
U.S., Belgian Inventors Develop Tumor Treatment Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Mark W. Dewhirst and Timothy J. McMahon, both of Durham, N.C., Jonathan S. Stamler of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Pierre Sonveaux of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, have developed a cancer tissue treatment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California, Idaho Inventors Develop Optical Projection Displays Switchable Polarizers
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Gregg S. Goyins of Rocklin, Calif., and Robert J. Lawton of Boise, Idaho, have developed switchable polarizers for optical projection displays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed towards high performance ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Dental Color Changing Matrix
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Mingchih M. Tseng of Hingham, Mass., and Carl M. Philbrook of Jamaica Plain, Mass., have developed a dental anti-microbial colorant. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sustained-release matrix for dental application includes either an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Yuuichi Hashimoto and Tsutomu Kasai, both of Mobara, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to repair a drain signal line easily. Each region enclosed by two ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Sound Damping System for Tail Gate
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Dany Poudrier of Laval, Canada, has developed a sound damping system for a swinging tail gate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound damping system for a swinging tail gate of a dump truck is described. The system comprises a two-part ...
California Inventors Develop Expandable Osmotic Composition
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Shaoling Li and Liang-Chang Dong, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., Padmaja Shivanand of Los Altos, Calif., and Patrick S. L. Wong of Burlingame, Calif., have developed a coated osmotic layer for commercial product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Tissue Disease Treatment Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Tamar Lotan of Jordan Valley, Israel, and Shimon Eckhouse of Haifa, Israel, have developed a delivery device including at least one stinging capsule and methods of use are described, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Sang-Moon Moh of Suwon, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "liquid crystal display with multi-line inversion which reverses polarity of applied voltages every ...
DOCKET NO. U-4880: BASE CONTRACT FOR ALABAMA GAS
Mar 18, 2008 ... The Alabama Public Service Commission issued the following docket item: Docket Number: U-4880 Date Opened: 3/17/2008 Status: Open ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electroluminescence Device Pixel Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Wein-Town Sun of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed an electroluminescence device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pixel device of an electroluminescence device that comprises a voltage signal having a first ...
Iowa, Georgia Inventors Develop Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Isolation Vaccine
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jeffrey Harold Rodenberg and Mahesh Kumar, both of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Kalen Cookson of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a antigenic isolates and vaccines for infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) include variants of the molecular Group 6 family of IBDV ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panels Driver Circuit
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Bi-Hsien Chen of Ping-Tung Hsien, Taiwan, Yi-Min Huang of Taipei, Taiwan, Shin-Chang Lin of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, and Liang-Che Cho of Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan, have developed plasma display panels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Image Displaying Apparatus
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jae-Seok Jeong of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a plasma display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for displaying an image on a plasma display panel. Each of a plurality of ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Discharge Display Panel Driving Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jin-Sung Kim of Cheonan-si, South Korea, Woo-Joon Chung of Asan-si, South Korea, and Seung-Hun Chae of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a discharge display panel driving method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Horng-Bin Hsu of Taipei, Taiwan, Yi-I Lu of Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Yung-Chan Chou of Sinjhuang, Taiwan, have developed a plasma display panel driving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for driving a ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Immunoglobulin Reduction Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Shawn Shui-on Leung of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an immunoglobulin production method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Framework (FR)-patching is a novel approach to modify immunoglobulin for reducing potential immunogenicity ...
California, Connecticut Inventors Develop Cancer Treatment Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jose Corvalan of Foster City, Calif., Xiao-Chi Jia of San Mateo, Calif., Xiao Feng of Union City, Calif., Vahe Bedian of East Lyme, Conn., and Ronald P Gladue of Stonington, Conn., have developed an immune response antibody. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electric Stringed Musical Instrument
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Shinya Tamura of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, has developed an electric stringed musical instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric contrabass has a bridge structure on a body in which an inner space is defined, and the body is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Organic Electroluminescence Pixel Circuit
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Kyoji Ikeda of Gifu, Japan, has developed an organic electroluminescence pixel circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A potential on a control terminal of a driver transistor is controlled and a drive current corresponding to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Yutaka Ochi of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a liquid crystal display apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A display apparatus has a display unit having a matrix of multiple pixels, a divider to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Color Electroluminescence Display Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Ryoichi Yokoyama of Ohgaki, Japan, has developed an electroluminescence (EL) display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An EL display device is provided in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in row and column directions, ...
ICBA Renames Quarterly Services Publication ICBA Profitability Solutions
Mar 18, 2008 ... The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: Network News, a quarterly newsletter published by the Independent Community Bankers of America's Services Network, has been renamed ICBA Profitability Solutions. Originally published as an eight-page ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel with Drive Circuit
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Nobuaki Nagao and Yusuke Takada, both of Katano, Japan, Toru Ando of Osaka, Japan, and Masaki Nishimura of Takatsuki, Japan, have developed a plasma display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "plasma display ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Corn Variety I249526 Seeds
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Donn P. Cummings of Brownsburg, Ind., has developed seeds of corn variety I249526. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I249526. The invention thus ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Corn Variety Designated I210096 Plants
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Kevin D. Eichelberger of Taylorville, Ill., has developed plants of the corn variety designated I210096. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Dot Matrix Type Display Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Shuichi Seki and Norikazu Mito, both of Yonezawa, Japan, have developed a dot matrix type display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to provide a dot matrix type display device by self light emitting ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Reflective Fresnel Lens
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Kent E. Peterson of Hoffman Estates, Ill., has developed a Fresnel lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "reflective Fresnel lens for shaping an incident wave for efficiently delivering the incident wave to an ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Hybrid Corn Variety CH578335 Plants
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Thomas B. Carlson of Ankeny, Iowa, has developed seeds of hybrid corn variety CH578335. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH578335. The ...
New York Inventors Develop Cam Activated Tremolo Bridge
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Joe Folmar of Newfane, N.Y., and Keith Pate of Lockport, N.Y., have developed a cam activated tremolo bridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved reverse tremolo bridge including a base plate attached to ...
Texas Inventor Develops Percussion Beater Cage
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Russell Hilburn of Friendswood, Texas, has developed a percussion beater cage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percussion beater cage has a first cage bar positioned horizontally apart from a second cage bar on at least one bar holder ....
Minnesota Inventor Develops Inbred Corn Line PHD90
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Todd Elliott Piper of Mankato, Minn., has developed an inbred corn line PHD90. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "novel inbred maize line designated PHD90 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Corn Variety I282610 Plants
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Daniel J. Lubich of Marshall, Mo., has developed seeds of corn variety I282610. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I282610. The invention thus ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Attribute Information Transfer System
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Yukio Oshiyama of Sagamihara, Japan, and Yoshihiro Fujita of Nerima-ku, Japan, and Hiroshi Terada of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a system for transferring attribute information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Title information on ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Tag
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Kosuke Hayama and Keisuke Saito, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna for an RFID tag includes each power feeding parts that is formed of a ...
AGE OF EARTH IS CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE TOPIC
Mar 18, 2008 ... California State University Fresno issued the following press release: "Deep Time: The Amazing Age of the Earth and Universe" will be Dr. Ray E. Hall's topic at the April 7 Central Valley Café Scientifique meeting. Hall, a physicist at California State University, Fresno, will ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Antenna Connecting Universal Mounting Assembly
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- James William Maxwell of Atlanta has developed an antenna connecting universal mounting assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal mounting assembly that can be attached to both a cylindrical surface and a planar surface is ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Mountable Antenna Apparatus
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Donald M. Cislo of Glendale Heights, Ill., has developed a mountable antenna apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments of mountable and adjustable antenna apparatuses and methods are disclosed. In one exemplary ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Article Box for Beach Buggy
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Chieh Lin Chung and Wen Chang Chen, both of Tainan Hsien, Taiwan, and Hui-Huay Huang of Tainan, Taiwan, have developed a beach buggy article box. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article box for a beach buggy is positioned under the ...
French Inventors Develop Contactless Reading System
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Nicolas Pangaud of Valbonne, France, and Elias Sabbah of Mougins, France, have developed a contactless reading system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "contactless reading system, wherein a chip card is fixed ...
Alabama Inventor Develops Satellite Dish Cover
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Joseph Walter Reid Jr. of Vestavia Hills, Ala., has developed a satellite dish cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a satellite dish cover comprising a main body portion having a front side, a back side ...
German Inventors Develop Connection for Fluid Lines
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Rozalia Bilstein and Josef Brandt, both of Wipperfurth, Germany, and Volker Kaminski of Halver, Germany, have developed a plug-type connection for fluid lines. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The plug ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Universal Bumper Guard
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Wayne Meyer of St. Louis, Mo., has developed a universal bumper guard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to as a universal bumper guard including a retractable cover, a cover housing that contains the ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Transfigurable Bed Liner Assembly
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Peter Bejin of Northville, Mich., has developed a transfigurable access sliding tray. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfigurable bed liner assembly mountable on a vehicle including a bed. The assembly may include a channel ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Pipe Interruption Fitting
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Woo Kag Lee of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a pipe interruption fitting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe interruption fitting having a flange is removable after pipe maintenance work has been completed. The fitting includes ...
German Inventor Develops Plug-In Coupling for Fluidic System
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Martin Hoffmann of Koln, Germany, has have developed a fuel-conducting system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in coupling for fluidic systems, in particular for carbon dioxide - and fuel-conducting systems, including a housing ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Gas Turbine Crossover Tube Handling Method
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Mario I. Quiroz of Tucson, Ariz., has developed a method for handling a crossover tube of a gas turbine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unique, new and useful structure and method is provided for effectively and efficiently engaging ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Connector
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Owe Salven and Patrik Kallback, both of Uppsala, Sweden, Mattias Vangbo of Balinge, Sweden, and Marten Stjernstrom of Danderyd, Sweden, have developed a connector for selectively coupling with multi lines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
French Inventor Develops Swivel Joint System
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Jean-Pierre Ghilardi of Montlignon, France, has developed a liquefied natural gas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel joint system for a cryogenic liquid transfer line, such as a liquefied natural gas line, and for return of cold ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Press-Type Latch Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Shu-Kun Si and Tien-Chang Lin, both of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a latch device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press-type latch device for establishing latched and unlatched states with a hook includes: a press member having a ...
Iowa, Minnesota Inventors Develop Latch Assembly Formovable Closure Element
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Ricci L. Marzolf of New Hampton, Iowa, Joe Daniel Knight of Nashua, Iowa, Bruce E. Kallevig of Monticello, Minn., and Bruce E. Frohman of Robbinsdale, Minn., have developed latch assemblies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch ...
California Inventors Develop Door Hinged Holding Device
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- James F. O'Kelley of Moreno Valley, Calif., and Alan J. O'Kelley of Murrieta, Calif., have developed a device for holding a door hinged. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for holding a door open having a ready release mechanism to ...
California Inventor Develops Quick-Release Connector Fitting
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- David Lee Cicconi, III of Concord, Calif., has developed a quick-release connector fitting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic rift connector fitting comprises an annular housing, water line fitting, and sleeve components for ...
German Inventors Develop Connector Fitting with Chuck
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Mario Bartholoma and Fritz Zugel, both of Winden, Germany, Volker Gotz of Kenzingen, Germany, and Philipp Gerber of Gutach-Bleibach, Germany, have developed a connector fitting with a chuck. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Target Object Manipulator
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Tadashi Hayashi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a manipulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a manipulator having an arrangement which easily makes it possible to execute fine work such as attitude control ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bumper Beam Structure
Mar 18, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- Kojiro Okabe and Nobuyuki Tsuichihara, both of Utsunomiya, Japan, and Katsuhiko Shiotsuki and Noboru Hayashi, both of Kawachi-gun, Japan, have developed a frame portion of a bumper of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bumper ...