US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, March 28:
Michigan Inventor Develops Wastewater Treatment Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Saad A. Ghalib of Ann Arbor, Mich., has developed a method for treating wastewater. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wastewater treatment system treating excess wastewater from a sewer system includes a generally vertically oriented ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Microorganisms Growth Control Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Sang-Hea Shim of Seoul, South Korea, and Chung-Soo Kim of Kyungki-do, South Korea, have developed a method of controlling the growth of microorganisms. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
California Inventor Develops In Situ Substrate Temperature Monitoring Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Enrico Magni of Pleasanton, Calif., has developed substrate manufacturing technologies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method in a plasma processing system of determining the temperature of a substrate. The ...
Australian Inventor Develops Printhead Fabrication Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a printhead fabricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a printhead is provided in which sacrificial material is deposited on a drive circuitry ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Paper Sheet Holding Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Masaru Ohtsuka, Tomoya Motoyoshi and Tomohiro Kiriyama, all from Hachioji, Japan, have developed an image formation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sheet holding apparatus having: a feeding mechanism ...
California Inventor Develops Board Game Playing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- James Lewis Jr. of Sacramento, Calif., has developed a dice game playing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates a board game that utilizes a game board that has constructed thereon a field grid ...
Alabama Inventors Develop Contaminated Subsurface Water Treating Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Ming-Kuo Lee, James A. Saunders and Samuel H. Nichols III, all from Auburn, Ala., have developed a method of treating contaminated subsurface water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for forming an in situ subsurface ...
California Inventor Develops Puzzle Game Playing Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Ogden C. Page of Hollywood, Calif., has developed a puzzle game playing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puzzle game apparatus includes a substantially rigid game piece including a first plate, a second plate and a third plate ....
British Inventors Develop Liquid Filtration Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Derek Colin Tolley of Bewdley, Great Britain, and Asheley Derek Tolley of Dafen, Great Britain, have developed a liquid filtration apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration vessel has an inlet for inflow into the filtration ...
California Inventors Develop Spiral-Wound Liquid Membrane Module
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Richard D. Offeman of Pinole, Calif., and George H. Robertson of Danville, Calif., have developed a spiral-wound liquid membrane module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a filtering and chemical separation device ...
New York Inventors Develop Electrical Conduit Sealing Compound
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Paul S. Babiarz of Liverpool, N.Y., and William Bradley Delans of Fayetteville, N.Y., have developed an electrical conduit seal fitting compound. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expanding compound is used to seal conduit fittings ....
Italian Inventors Develop Contaminated Water Treatment Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Rodolfo Vignola and Gino Della Penna, both of Monterotondo-Roma, Italy, and Raffaello Sisto and Umberto Cova, both of Rome, have developed a process for treatment of contaminated water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printed Image Formation Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Tetsuo Hirata, Motoki Nakamichi, Eiji Anzai, Norishige Kato and Takehiro Ogushi, all from Hachioji, Japan, have developed a printed image formation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Board Game Playing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Shawn Jacklin of Alberta, Canada, and Brent Froh of Fort St. John, Canada, have developed a board game playing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "game board comprising: an upper surface member, preferably ...
Australian Inventor Develops Timber Truss Manufacturing Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Thomas Joseph Donohue of Hope Island Resort, Australia, has developed a timber truss pressing machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The machine has stopper pins for locating two or more truss members to be connected in respective ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Fence Erection System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Maurizio C. Bertato of Ontario, Canada, has developed a fence erection system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "fence system which can be erected on site and comprising a set of transverse rails of metallic ...
Florida Inventor Develops Dice Board Game Playing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Lynda Lee Lingenfelser of Port Orange, Fla., has developed a dice game playing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "board game wherein the players state in advance of their turn any words they choose to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Formation Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Takashi Kuwata and Kenichiro Isobe, both of Sunto-gun, Japan, and Yasuyoshi Hayakawa of Mishima, Japan, have developed a paper sheet binding process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention provides a sheet processing apparatus for ...
California Inventors Develop Humidity Testing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Brian J. Gally of Los Gatos, Calif., Lauren Palmateer of San Francisco, Manish Kothari of Cupertino, Calif., and William J. Cummings of Millbrae, Calif., have developed a method of testing humidity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Disc Player
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Jun Uchiyama of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a disc player, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,996 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to Sony Corp., Tokyo. The ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Headrest Vehicle Entertainment System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Christopher J. Vitito of Celebration, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a vehicle entertainment system for a headrest, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,991 on March 25. The ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Hydrocarbon Oils Refining Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Dadong Li, Yulin Shi, Yunjian Hu, Yuanbing Xi, Mingfeng Li and Yahua Shi, all from Beijing, China, have developed a process for refining hydrocarbon oils. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a process for reducing sulfur and ...
Louisiana Inventors Develop Wastewater Treatment System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Monroe Wayne Guy, Michael D. Catanzaro and Raleigh Lee Cox, all from Baton Rouge, La., and Christopher Edward Cox of Denham Springs, La., have developed a wastewater treatment system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sunglasses Pair
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Wen Yi Hsu of Alta Loma, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for pair of sunglasses, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D565,091 on March 25. The original application was filed on Feb. 5, ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Flip Display
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- David C Gray of Cumming, Ga., has developed an ornamental design for a flip display, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,995 on March 25. The original application was filed on June 11, 2007, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Set
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Takahiro Yamaguchi of Chiyoda-ku, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a television set, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,994 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to ...
Italian Inventor Develops Poly-Beta-Carboxyacrylamide Polymer
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Franco Codignola of Milan, Italy, has developed a poly-beta-carboxyacrylamide polymer. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a poly-beta-carboxyacrylamide polymer, ...
Texas Inventor Develops Heavy Minerals Recovering Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Robert G. Reeves of Spring, Texas, has developed a process for recovering heavy minerals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for recovering heavy minerals (e.g., titanium minerals such as titanium dioxide) from a feedstock ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Volatile Components Removing Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Patricia K. Doolin and Howard F. Moore, both of Ashland, Ky., and Donald P. Malone of Grayson, Ky., have developed a process for removing volatile components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a way to ...
German Inventor Develops Ray Tracing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Thomas Bierhoff of Volkmarsen, Germany, has developed a ray tracing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for determining the transmission behaviour of an optical waveguide with a step index profile, ...
New York Inventors Develop Optical Waveguide Environmental Sensor
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Ellen Marie Kosik Williams and James Andrew West, both of Painted Post, N.Y., Michael Thomas Gallagher of Corning, N.Y., and Karl William Koch III of Elmira, N.Y., have developed an optical waveguide environmental sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventor Develops Waterborne Constituents Removing Filtration System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- John J. Sansalone of Gainsville, Fla., has developed a filtration system for removing waterborne constituents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sorptive-filtration system for removing at least one of negatively or positively charged ...
British Inventors Develop Electrode Improving Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Michael Waite and Philip Tucker, both of Gloucestershire, Great Britain, and Brian Hayden of Hampshire, Great Britain, have developed a process for improving an electrode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
German Inventors Develop Rinsing Liquid Treatment Device
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Harald Streicher of Purgen-Stoffen, Germany, Franz Wenzl of Augsburg, Germany, and Peter Ostermeier of Diessen, Germany, have developed a rinsing liquid treatment device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular assembly for a rinsing ...
Texas, North Carolina Inventors Develop Rack Mount Patch Panel
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Stanley Wright and Brian Fitzpatrick, both of McKinney, Texas, Gordon Spisany of Plano, Texas, and Thomas J. Boucino of Mooresville, N.C., have developed a patch panel configured for mounting to a network rack. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Optical Module Testing Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Keng-Ming Chang of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, haa developed an optical module testing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary optical module testing apparatus includes a base and a supporting element. The base has a testing hole ...
New Hampshire, Texas Inventors Develop Fiber Optic Drop Wire Splice Kit
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Duston W. Shost and James J. Decknick, both of Goffstown, N.H., William H. Mann of Contoocook, N.H., John K. Burnham of Exeter, N.H., Pamela K. LaRoche of Barnstead, N.H., Kevin D. Scott of Rochester, N.H., Joseph E. Bradley of Newfields, N.H., and Michael H. Bubak ...
Florida, California Inventors Develop Metal Particle Removing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Darrell Snell of Crystal Beach, Fla., and J. Howard Adams of Crockett, Calif., have developed a method for removing metal particles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter aid and a method of using the same are disclosed that ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Material Desired Quantity Capturing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Gary W. Ferguson of Burnaby, Canada, has developed a method for capturing a desired quantity of material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a filter apparatus with methods to capture a desired amount of material ...
Ohio, Michigan Inventors Develop Inorganic Contaminants Reduction Process
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Claude Kennard of Beachwood, Ohio, Michael A. Gonzalez of Wyoming, Ohio, and David C. Szlag of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., have developed a process for reduction of inorganic contaminants. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Florida Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Communication Device Housing
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Scott H. Richards and Jorge L. Garcia, both of Plantation, Fla., and Bruce A. Claxton of Coral Springs, Fla., have developed an ornamental design for a housing for a communication device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Optical Fiber
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Imtiaz Majid of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Abdel Soufiane of Boston, have developed an optical fiber with improved resistance to ingressing molecules. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber includes a glass fiber having a glass ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Set Surface Pattern
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Karim Rashid of New York has developed an ornamental design for a surface pattern applied to a television set, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,986 on March 25. The patent has been assigned ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Crankshaft Angular Position Sensor Module
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- David M. Toth of Brighton, Mich., Richard E. Dewald of Clinton, Mich., and Bhawani Tripathy of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed a crankshaft angular position detection module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft seal/position sensor ...
New York Inventors Develop Card Game Playing Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- David Loewenstein of Rye Brook, N.Y., and Martin Joel Wolff of New York, have developed a card game playing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus to play poker or blackjack games that ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Light Modulator Package
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Yeong Gyu Lee, Jun Won An and Yurlov Victor, all from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Dong Ho Shin and Heung Woo Park, both of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a light modulator package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automobile Hydraulic Device Seal Ring
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Nobuyuki Eguchi, Naohiro Jotaki and Takaaki Yasudomi, all from Nihonmatsu, Japan, and Shinya Nakaoka of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a hydraulic device seal ring. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal ring which maintains a stable ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Receiver
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Yoshimune Iijima of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a television receiver, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,988 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to Sony Corp., ...
Texas Inventor Develops Gas Turbines Inlet Air Chilling Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Tom L. Pierson of Sugar Land, Texas, has developed a method for cooling gas turbine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cooling inlet air to a gas turbine is provided. For example, a method is described including passing inlet ...
California Inventor Develops Workpiece Surface Electroprocessing Apparatus
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Homayoun Talieh of San Jose, Calif., has developed an apparatus for electroprocessing a workpiece surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention deposits a conductive material from an electrolyte solution to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Sensor Manufacturing Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Kouji Matsuo of Aichi, Japan, and Satoshi Ishikawa of Gifu, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of manufacturing a sensor, firstly, a plate-type detection element is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Coke Carbonization Furnace Cover
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Kesao Yamasaki of Kitakyushu, Japan, has developed a coke carbonization furnace cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coke oven door prevents the generation of poor-qualitycoke and yielding and adhesion of tar by promoting the ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Stationary Capillary Electrophoresis System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- George E. Barringer Jr. of West Groton, Mass., has developed a stationary capillary electrophoresis system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for capillary electrophoresis are provided for analyzing a macromolecule ...
New York, Virginia Inventors Develop Reheat Turbine-Generator Control System
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Sheldon S. Abelson of Niskayuna, N.Y., Michael James Molitor of Guilderland, N.Y., and Michael Glynn Wise of Roanoke, Va., have developed a reheat turbine-generator controlling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Skating Device with Shoe Body
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Chu Yau Shing of Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, has developed a skating device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skate includes a shoe body and a skating device, wherein the sole of the shoe body comprises a front part, a middle bow part and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Combustor
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Hiroshi Inoue and Nariyoshi Kobayashi, both of Hitachinaka, Japan, and Tomomi Koganezawa and Isao Takehara, both of Hitachi, Japan, have developed a gas turbine combustor that has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Member Production Polymerizable Composition
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Takayasu Yasuda, Hiroki Sasaki, Ryoichi Nemori and Yuuichi Okamoto, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an optical member producing polymerizable composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a polymerizable ...
California Inventors Develop Nanoscale Mass Conveyor
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Brian C. Regan of Oakland, Calif., Shaul Aloni of Albany, Calif., and Alexander K. Zettl of Kensington, Calif., have developed nanoscale mass conveyors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mass transport method and device for individually ...
Japanese, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Skateboard
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Togo Hosoda of Kanagawa, Japan, and Chiung-Hsin Liu of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a skateboard truck. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck includes a chassis attached to a deck of the skateboard, a yoke pivotally connected to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Deposited Film Thickness Prediction Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Shinji Sakano of Nirasaki, Japan, and Tsuyoshi Sendoda of Oume, Japan, have developed a method for predicting the thickness of deposited film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is not known a conventional method for predicting the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Receiver
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Shogo Ueno of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a television receiver, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,990 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to Pioneer Corp., ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Mediated Hydrohalic Acid Electrolysis
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Zbigniew Twardowski and Thomas Drackett, both of Vancouver, Canada, and Stuart R. Harper of Ottawa, have developed a mediated hydrohalic acid electrolysis. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This ...
German Inventor Develops Piston Ring Coating Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Wolfgang Issler of Schwaikheim, Germany, has developed a method for coating piston rings. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for coating a piston ring for ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Magnetic Holder Tool
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Steven Johnson of Shelby Township, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for a magnetic holder for a tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,983 on March 25. The original application was ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Packaging Material Making Method
Mar 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Scott W. Huffer of Hartsville, S.C., and Jeffrey M. Schuetz of Florence, S.C., have developed a method of making packaging material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package ...