US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, April 3:
Connecticut Inventor Develops Page-Flipping Stereoscopic Display System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Sin-Min Chang of Shelton, Conn., has developed a page flipping stereoscopic display system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of organic light emitting diode ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Standard Cell Library Creation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Anthony Correale Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., has developed a method for creating standard cell library. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system and method for providing a standard cell library for reduced leakage ...
U.S., German, British Inventors Develop Design Layout Routes Defining Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Asmus Hetzel of Berlin, Etienne Jacques of Bristol, Great Britain, and Deepak Cherukuri of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for defining routes in a design layout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the invention ...
California Inventor Develops User Interface Substitution
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Robert J. Chansler of Los Altos, Calif., has developed a user interface substitution. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus define a user interface for a computer program after execution of the computer program has begun ....
Oregon Inventor Develops Proximity Correction Determination Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Daniel F. Beale of Portland, Ore., has developed a method of determining a proximity correction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines a proximity correction for an ...
California Inventors Develop Software Model Generation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Richard Craig Allen of Union City, Calif., and Randy A Coverstone of Newark, Calif., have developed a method for generating a software model. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a software model of a dynamic system ...
California Inventor Develops Visual Programming Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hanbai Liu of Hacienda Heights, Calif., has developed a visual programming method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual programming system includes one or more function modules each of which is provided with an applicable functional ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Web Service Utilization Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Mitch Upton of Highlands Ranch, Colo., has developed a method for using web services. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application view control can be added to a Web service to allow the Web service to make requests into a resource such ...
SEN. DODD: EAGER TO HEAR FROM MAJOR PLAYERS AT HEARING ON MARKET TURMOIL
Apr 03, 2008 ... The office of Sen. Christopher S. Dodd, D-Conn., issued the following news release: Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, announced the list of confirmed witnesses for Today's hearing on the response by federal financial ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Data Timing Signal Generation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Reinhard Schumann of Exeter, N.H., has developed a method for generating a data timing signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for automatically tuning timing of a signal (e.g., a data timing signal) utilizing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Structure
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hajime Kimura of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a structure of a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A source-drain voltage of one of two transistors connected in series becomes quite small in a set operation (write ...
U.S., Italian Inventors Develop Geometrical Rule Generation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Gianlorenzo Masini of Carlsbad, Calif., Lawrence C. Gunn III of Encinitas, Calif., and Giovanni Capellini of Rome, have developed a method of generating a geometrical rule. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a computer-assisted product ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hiroyuki Tachibana, Kenji Ogawa and Toshikazu Wakabayashi, all from Osaka, Japan, Jumpei Hashiguchi of Kyoto, Japan, and Tomohiro Murakoso of Hyogo, Japan, have developed a plasma display panel. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S ....
U.S., German Inventors Develop Logic Function Verification Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Jason Raymond Baumgartner and Viresh Paruthi, both of Austin, Texas, Christian Jacobi of Schoenaich, Germany, and Kai Weber of Boeblingen, Germany, have developed a method for performing verification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
U.S., Russian Inventors Develop Optical Proximity Correction Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Ilya Golubtsov, Stanislav V. Aleshin, Sergei Rodin, Marina Medvedeva, Sergey V. Uzhakov and Evgueny E. Egorov, all from Moscow, Russia, Nadya Strelkova of Gresham, Ore., and Ranko Scepanovic of San Jose, Calif., have developed a optical proximity correction (OPC) ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Three-Dimensional Image Display Device
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Takashi Chuman, Yoshihiko Uchida, Hideo Satoh, Takuya Hata and Atsushi Yoshizawa, all from Tsurugashima, Japan, have developed an image display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "three-dimensional image ...
California Inventors Develop Signal Path Layout
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Stephan Hoerold of Saratoga, Calif., and Arjun Dutt of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a signal path layout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for binning and layout of an integrated circuit design which includes providing a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Digital Content Provider
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Lalitha Suryanarayana, Bruce Edward Stuckman, David Randall Wolter, Rias Muhamed, Russell William White and Michael Grannan, all from Austin, Texas, and David A. Deas of Round Rock, Texas, have developed a method for wirelessly transacting access to a set of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Layout Pattern Generation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Ryoji Hamazaki of Tokyo has developed a method for generating layout pattern. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: obtaining process technology definition data related to a process technology of each layer forming a basic ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Circuit
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Bi-Hsien Chen of Ping-Tung Hsien, Taiwan, and Yi-Min Huang of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a plasma display panel driving circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma display panel driving circuit includes a panel capacitor having ...
California Inventors Develop In-Circuit Design Verification System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Elie H. Massabki of San Carlos, Calif., and Jay Sherman Hidy of Saratoga, Calif., have developed a in-circuit design and verification system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-circuit design and verification device, system and method ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Circuit Verification Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Bow-Yaw Wang of Nankang, Taiwan, has developed a method of circuit verification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inductive proof can be an improvement to bounded verification. Forward and backward inductive proof methods are disclosed, ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Life History Information Acquiring Computer Based Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Michael J. Cuttler and Ellen B. Cuttler, both of Greensboro, N.C., and Thomas A. Seddon, II of Durham, N.C., have developed a life history information acquiring computer based system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Texas Inventors Develop Pressure Sensor Making Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Carl E. Stewart and Richard A. Davis, both of Plano, Texas, have developed a semiconductor pressure sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor includes a sensing element fabricated on an negative (N)-type epitaxial layer ...
German Inventors Develop Pressure Sensor with Pressure Sensor Element
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Joerg Muchow of Reutlingen, Germany, Hubert Benzel of Pliezhausen, Germany, Heribert Weber of Nuertingen, Germany, and Frank Schaefer of Tuebingen, Germany, have developed a pressure sensor According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pressure Sensor Manufacturing Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kazushi Suzuki and Kazuya Sakai, both of Osaka, Japan, and Isamu Kandori of Nukata-gun, Japan, have developed a method for manufacturing pressure sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor is composed of a pressure housing ...
Egyptian Inventors Develop Interconnect Impedance Property Extraction Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Wael Fikry Farouk Fikry Abdalla and Hazem Mahmoud Hegazy, both of Cairo, Egypt, and Amr M. E. Safwat of Elgiza, Egypt, have developed a technique for extracting impedance properties. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and test ...
British, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Text Entry for Electronic Device
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Leonard H. Poll of Redhill, Great Britain, and David C. Yule of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a mobile device text entry method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device has a touch sensitive surface for entering text. The ...
German Inventor Develops Foil-Type Pressure Sensor
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Holger Lorenz of BernKastel, Germany, has developed a film pressure sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pressure sensor in the form of a film, comprising a first carrier film and a second carrier film which ...
California Inventors Develop Antenna Shaped Reflector Optimization Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Michael Nolan of Hermosa Beach, Calif., David Bressler of Los Angeles, and George Voulelikas of El Segundo, Calif., have developed a radio frequency (RF) antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An invention is provided for generating a ...
California Inventors Develop Trans-Cervical Intra-Uterine Artificial Insemination Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Mark E. Anderson and Donald E. Anderson, both from San Ramon, Calif., have developed an intra-uterine catheter for animal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for safer and more effective deep trans-cervical ...
German Inventors Develop Multilevel Press
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Christoph Schmitz of Kerken, Germany, Klaus Wollny of Krefeld, Germany, and Klaus Schurmann of Juchen, Germany, have developed a multilevel press for flat workpiece production. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press, especially a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Three-Dimensional Image Display Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kazuki Taira, Tatsuo Saishu and Rieko Fukushima, all from Tokyo, Yuzo Hirayama and Ayako Takagi, both of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed an image display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional image display ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Layout Verification Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tomoyuki Yamada of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a layout verification method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a layout verification method including a space acquisition step of, with a wiring connected to a gate ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Pressure Transducer Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Anthony D. Kurtz of Ridgewood, N.J., and Louis DeRosa of Wayne, N.J., have developed a line pressure compensated differential pressure transducer assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure transducer apparatus including: first ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Design Testing Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Jonathan Byrn and Gary Lippert, both of Kasson, Minn., Steven Emerson of Chanhassen, Minn., and Donald Gabrielson of Rochester, Minn., have developed a method of testing integrated circuit design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system ...
German Inventors Develop Pipe Pressure Determination Device
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Julian Baumann of Karlsruhe, Germany, Dirk Goger of Stutensee, Germany, and Thomas Schlegl of Regensburg, Germany, have developed a method for determining pipe pressure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for determining the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Computer-Implemented Method for Employee Training
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hidenori Suzuki of Ota, Japan, has developed a computer-implemented system for an employee training in a company. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method and system for planning of employee training ...
Washington Inventors Develop Underground Utilities Tension Monitoring Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Albert W. Chau of Woodinville, Wash., Rudolf Zeller of Seattle, Wash., John E. Mercer of Kent, Wash., and Charles Yu Yat Tsang of Renton, Wash., have developed an underground tension monitoring arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Georgia Inventors Develop New Communication Service Creating System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Cort Atkinson, Laurie L. Cullen and Henry Ulf Magnus Stark, all from Atlanta, Ga., Patricia Carol Hammock of Marietta, Ga., Mario Muth of Norcross, Ga., and George Ronald Reardon of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed new communications services creating ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pole-Type, Personal-Type Miniature Antenna Unit
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Junichi Noro and Takao Kato, both of Akita, Japan, have developed a pole-type antenna unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna unit comprises a hollow cylindrical member obtained by forming a flexible insulating film member into a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Antenna Hinge
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tzu-Yu Lin and Ching-Ho Hsieh, both of Shulin, Taiwan, have developed an antenna hinge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna is mounted on a notebook and has a bracket, a pivot and a spring. The bracket has a sleeve and an arm. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Invisible Antenna
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Toshiyuki Ando and Toshiyuki Takano, both of Hitachi, Japan, and Toru Watari of Matsudo, Japan, have developed an antenna with reduced visibility. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "invisible antenna with ...
New Hampshire, Illinois Inventors Develop Wireless Acoustic Wave Sensor System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- James Z T Liu of Hudson, N.H., and Steven J. Magee of Lena, Ill., have developed an acoustic wave sensor system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "acoustic wave sensor system, comprising a plurality of acoustic ...
California Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Performance Estimation Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Arvind Srinivasan of San Jose, Calif., and Haroon Chaudhri of Berkeley, Calif., have developed a circuit performance estimating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique to verify, evaluate, and estimate the performance of an ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Liquid Container with Sealing Mechanisms
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Douglas M. McLelland, Simon Buckley and David J. Pritchett, all from Fort Wayne, Ind., have developed a portable liquid paint storage container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for storage and dispensing of paint includes a ...
Italian Inventors Develop Surface Acoustic Wave Pressure Sensor
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Chantal Combi of Oggiono, Italy, Simona Petroni of Lecce, Italy, Anna Angela Pomarico of Collepasso, Italy, and Lorenzo Baldo of Bareggio, Italy, have developed a surface acoustic wave pressure sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Business Analysis, Planning System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kevin J. Reardon of Riverside, Conn., has developed a business analysis and planning method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method for analyzing a business comprising generating a matrix for analysis ...
Texas, Minnesota Inventors Develop Structural Design Representations Subexpressions Reduction Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Jason Raymond Baumgartner, Hari Mony and Viresh Paruthi, all from Austin, Texas, and Robert Lowell Kanzelman of Rochester, Minn., have developed a subexpressions reducing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system and ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Circuit Board Substrate Manufacturing Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Se-hoon Cho of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a method of manufacturing a substrate for a circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a substrate for a circuit board includes forming a groove having a ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Antenna System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Nathan Cohen of Belmont, Mass., has developed a radio frequency identification system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "antenna including an electrically conductive portion defined substantially by a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Loop Antenna Device
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Takashi Takano and Shigeru Saegusa, both of Tokyo, and Susumu Morioka of Saitama, Japan, have developed a loop antenna device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loop antenna device includes a loop antenna having a high noise resistance ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Network-Based Shopping Purchase Supporting System
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kazumi Kubota of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a network-based shopping purchase supporting method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A general customer logs in to the system, proceeds from the main menu to the merchandise selection menu, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Antenna Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Junichi Noro and Kumeo Sasaki, both of Akita, Japan, have developed an antenna apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna apparatus includes an antenna element having directivity in a vertex direction, an antenna case ...
Nevada Inventor Develops Automated Medication Dispenser
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Allen Burggraf of Las Vegas, has developed an automatic medication dispensing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of four compartment blocks have a plurality of pill compartments with floors that are angled downward. The ...
New Mexico Inventor Develops Antenna Structure with Distributed Strip
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Christopher T. Rodenbeck of Albuquerque, N.M., has developed a compact antenna with a distributed strip structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna comprises electrical conductors arranged to form a radiating element including a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Client Requirement Specification Developing Method
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Christopher Taylor Creel of Tampa, Fla., and Paul J. Stoker of Palm Harbor, Fla., have developed a client requirement specification developing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for ...
German Inventor Develops Container for Holding Sterile Goods
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Elmar Grandy of Munich, Germany, has developed a sterile goods dispenser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for holding sterile goods is described, including a container body with at least one continuous receiving channel having ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Level Detection Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Shunsuke Nagakura, Hisafumi Maruo and Manabu Ooishi, all from Haibara-gun, Japan, have developed an apparatus for detecting a liquid level. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an apparatus for detecting a liquid level, a sliding arm is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Spiral-Patterned Internal Antenna
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Young-Joon Ko of Seoul, South Korea, and Hong-Teuk Kim of Youngin-si, South Korea, have developed a spiral-patterned internal antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a spiral-patterned internal ...
British Inventor Develops Folding Container
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Andrea Carola of London has developed a folding packing container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding container has a base, side support tubes upstanding from the corners of the base, and side panels located between the side ...
German Inventors Develop Modular Ultrasonic Sensor
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Stefan Triebl of Muhlacker, Germany, Anton Lill of Lauffen, Germany, Oliver Eidel of Moglingen, Germany, have developed an ultrasonic sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic sensor used, for ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Fluid Plurality Dispensing Apparatus
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Bastiaan Albert Simon Peeters and Constantijn Thomas Papaikonomou, both of The Hague, Netherlands and Marcel Hendrikus Petrus Engels of The Hague, Netherlands, have developed a fluid dispensing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Chip Antenna
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Seok Bae and Mano Yasuhiko, both of Kyungki-do, South Korea, have developed an internal chip antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a chip antenna installed inside a mobile telecommunication terminal, which can ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Wave Antenna Wireless Communication Device
Apr 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Ian James Forster and Peter Robert George Horrell, both of Chelmsford, Great Britain, Patrick F King of Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Michael J Pfeiffer of Lisle, Ill., have developed a wave antenna wireless communication device. According to the U.S. Patent & ...