US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, April 16:
Japanese Inventors Develop Collision Object Discrimination Apparatus
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Tetsuya Takafuji and Shinichi Kiribayashi, both of Anjo, Japan, and Yoshiyuki Hattori of Toyoake, Japan, have developed an object discrimination apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collision object discrimination apparatus for ...
Washington Inventor Develops View Rearward Field Providing Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Timothy James Ennis of Seattle has developed a rearward field providing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system and method for using a camera and display screen to provide a vehicle operator with ...
Washington Inventors Develop Generator Controller
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Scott R. Schaper, Richard L. Proctor and Donald P. Aupperle, all from Seattle, Wash., have developed a generator controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator controller, in its various embodiments, displays genset fault ...
French Inventors Develop Cartographic Information Displaying Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Alain Goetz and Eric Filliatre, both of Merignac, France, and Xavier Servantie of Pessac, France, have developed an information displaying method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The field of the invention is that of methods of ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Driverless Motorized Vehicle
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Paul E. McEvoy of Owensville, Ohio, has developed a motorized cart. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized cart that supports one or more golf bags automatically follows a golfer around the golf course from hole to hole. In ...
Norwegian Inventors Develop Industrial Robot Programming Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Charlotte Skourup of Drammen, Norway, and John Pretlove of Sandvika, Norway, have developed a robot programmer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for programming an industrial robot. The robot is taught a path having waypoints ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Bus Monitor Assembly
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- James V. Leonard of St. Charles, Mo., Robert K. Menzel of Lake Saint Louis, Mo., and Richard E. Meyer of Florissant, Mo., have developed a bus monitor assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for monitoring at least ...
Norwegian Inventors Develop Industrial Robot Programming System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- John Pretlove of Sandvika, Norway, Charlotte Skourup of Drammen, Norway, and Thomas Pettersen of Borgenhaugen, Norway, have developed a robot programmer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for use in connection with ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Human Presence Detection Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Charles Eagen and Greg Smith, both of Ann Arbor, Mich., Sam Ebenstein and Yelena Rodin, both of Southfield, Mich., Lee Feldkamp of Plymouth, Mich., and Kwaku Prakah-Asante of Commerce Township, Mich., have developed a human detection system. According to the ...
California Inventor Develops Display Method for Navigation System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Maung W. Han of Torrance, Calif., has developed a data searching apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for a navigation system conducts a data search for finding relative density of objects such as points of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrically Operated Vehicle Driving Controller
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Toshio Okoshi, Ken Iwatsuki and Taketo Takeuchi, all from Anjo, Japan, have developed a vehicle driving controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically operated vehicle driving controller has an electrically operated machine ...
Illinois, Iowa Inventors Develop Pallet Truck Tiller Arm with Angular Speed Mode Adjustment
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Ryan Philip Lindsay of Moline, Ill., and Alan W. Bartels of Wilton, Iowa, have developed a tiller arm. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized pallet truck includes an angular indicator on the steering arm mechanism providing an ...
California, Arkansas Inventors Develop Template Crossing Design
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Richard D. Bamfield of Upland, Calif., Martin Paget of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and Richard V. Peel of Mountain Home, Ark., have developed a crossing design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of programming or designing application ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Electro-Mechanical Brakes Controller
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- James Russell Phillips of South Bend, Ind., has developed a brakes controlling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to control electro-mechanical brakes are disclosed. A disclosed example method of controlling a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Trouble Diagnosis Apparatus for Supercharger
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Yuji Narita, Yoshiyuki Takahashi and Takeshi Imai, all from Kariya, Japan, and Hisanobu Suzuki of Toyota, Japan, have developed a trouble diagnosis apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine includes ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Roll Over Suppressing Control Apparatus
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Kunio Sakata of Tokyo has developed a suppressing control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle which can suppress overturning of the vehicle while ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Engine Control Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Hisaho Mino and Nobuyuki Baba, both of Chiba, Japan, have developed an engine controller. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "There is provided construction machinery for switchably controlling rotational ...
Michigan, Utah Inventors Develop Kickdown Shift Controlling Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Gang Chen of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Aaron Pfadt of Salt Lake City, Utah, have developed a method for effecting kickdown shift. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for effecting a kickdown shift in a transmission of an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Diagnosis Monitoring Device for Yaw Rate Sensor
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Noritaka Hayashi of Tokyo has developed a diagnosis monitoring device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A yaw rate sensor failure diagnosing device judges whether the yaw rate sensor is failure or not. In particular, when the vehicle is ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Power Consumption Reduction Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Ilya Kolmanovsky of Novi, Mich., and Donald Lewis of Howell, Mich., have developed a power consumption reducing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling stopping and starting of an engine having a variable event ...
German Inventors Develop Traffic Status Information Verification Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Susanne Breitenberger and Martin Hauschild, both of Munich, Germany, have developed an information verification method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Position Information Transmission Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Shinya Adachi of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an information transmitter. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The invention purposes to provide a position information transmission method for accurately ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Signal Output Unit
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Tadaharu Nishimura of Oobu, Japan, has developed a signal output unit. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to a signal output unit such as a timer module and ...
British Inventors Develop Control Network for Vehicle Dynamics
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Paul Bale of Worcester, Great Britain, and Robert David Prescott of Solihull, Great Britain, have developed a vehicle dynamics control network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical control network is laid over one or more ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Magnetic Flowmeters
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Scot R. Foss and Kirk A. Hunter, both of Eden Prairie, Minn., have developed a noise sensitivity abating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a coil configured to ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Voltage Regulator Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Wenzhe Luo of Shanghai, China, has developed a voltage regulator device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for providing a reference voltage for regulating voltage levels. The apparatus includes a first voltage ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Optical Channel Monitoring System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Jeffrey A. Korn and Dale C. Flanders, both of Lexington, Mass., have developed an optical channel monitoring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring system has the capability to monitor multiple signal bands simultaneously ....
Malaysian Inventors Develop Emitted Light Regulation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Felix Tak Meng Cheang of Penang, Malaysia, Fook Chuin Ng of Butterworth Penang, Malaysia, and Choon Guan Ko of Dua Penang, Malaysia, have developed a method for regulating emitted light. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Microwave-Assisted Chromatography Preparation
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Michael John Collins Sr., Michael John Collins Jr. and E. Keller Barnhardt, all from Charlotte, N.C., Wyatt Price Hargett Jr. of Matthews, N.C., and James Edward Thomas of Harrisburg, N.C., have developed a microwave-assisted chromatography ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Active Pixel Element Control Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Chien-Chang Huang and Yi-Chuan Liu, both of Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a method for controlling active pixel element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active pixel element of an image sensor array includes a sensor, a ...
California Inventors Develop Power Converter
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Kent Kernahan of Cupertino, Calif., and Milton D. Ribeiro of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a power converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To conserve power when regulating the output voltage of a power converter, no adjustment is ...
California Inventors Develop Markup Language for Interactive Geographic Information System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- John Rohlf of Campbell, Calif., and Brian McClendon of Portola Valley, Calif., have developed a markup language. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Image Sensor Unit Pixel
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Joo Yul Ko, Won Tae Choi and Shin Jae Kang, all from Kyungki-Do, South Korea, and Deuk Hee Park of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a unit pixel of image sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a unit pixel of a complementary metal ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Distance Measurement System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Daniel R. Marshall of Boise, Idaho, has developed a distance measuring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "distance measuring device capable of being used in microscopes or other optical systems ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Photoelectric Conversion Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Yoshiyuki Okuda, Takamasa Yoshikawa, Hideo Satoh, Nobuyasu Negishi, and Kazuto Sakemura, all from Tsurugashima, Japan, and Saburo Aso and Katsumi Yoshizawa, both of Koufu, Japan, have developed a photoelectric conversion device. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Real Time Management Facilitation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Mohammad Reza Baraty of Burnaby, Canada, has developed a real-time management facilitation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, computer readable data and signals for facilitating the supply of a utility ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Wall Thickness Computation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Chun Yuan of Bellevue, Wash., Thomas S. Hatsukami of Mercer Island, Wash., and Chao Han of ChengDu, China, have developed a wall thickness measuring method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for automatic vessel wall thickness ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Leakage Current, Resistance Measurement Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Naohiro Takakamo of Shibata, Japan, Sakai Kuniyoshi of Niigata, Japan, and Nobuyuki Kawauchi of Nakaiyou, Japan, have developed a resistance measurement method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement method is disclosed for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Pickup Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Minoru Ohyama of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed an optical pickup device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device diffracts incident light with a hologram element and receives the diffracted light with light receiving ...
German Inventors Develop Light Grid with Housing
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Guenter Bockel of Waldkirch, Germany, Ralf Friedrich of Buggingen, Germany, Christof Meyer of Gutach, Germany, and Martin Wuestefeld of Sexau, Germany, have developed a light grid with housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light ...
Canadian, German Inventors Develop Eddy Current Detection, Compensation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- John M. Nieminen of Waterloo, Canada, and Stefan R. Kirsch of Radolfzell, Germany, have developed a current detection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distortion compensation method includes determining an undisturbed phase for ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Car Navigation Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Seung-Il Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a navigation device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car navigation device using a forward real video and a control method thereof are disclosed. The car navigation device using a ...
U.S., Swedish Inventors Develop Microwave with Door Ventilation System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Ulf Nordh, Per Torngren, Anders Zeijlon, Hakan Lundstrom, Hans Lindgren and Hakan Carlsson, all from Norrkoping, Sweden, Eckart Braunisch of Kimstad, Sweden, Alan D. Bengtson of Saint Joseph, Mich., Renee M. Garnham of Dearborn, Mich., and Laura E. Petzke of Holland, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Optical Scanner Metal Line Structure
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Hyun-ku Jeong of Chungju-si, South Korea, Won-joo Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Young-chul Ko of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed a metal line structure of an optical scanner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal line ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Navigation System Performing Route Guidance for Vehicle
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Toshiaki Takahashi of Yokohama, Japan, and Hirofumi Inoue of Yokosuka, Japan, have developed a navigation system. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to navigation ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Trajectory Estimation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Eun-seok Choi and Wook Chang, both of Gangnam-gu, South Korea, Dong-yoon Kim of Seodaemun-gu, South Korea, Won-chul Bang of Sungnam-si, South Korea, and Kyoung-ho Kang of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed an input system. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Electrostatic Discharge Monitoring Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Roger Enta of Waterloo, Canada, has developed a discharge monitoring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are disclosed systems, computer program products, and method for monitoring electrostatic discharge (ESD) fault conditions ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Module Holder
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Toshiyuki Mogi of Shibuya-ku, Japan, Kazutaka Shito of Hidaka, Japan, Takashi Kamitakahara of Kashiwa, Japan, and Takayuki Nakamura of Kawaguchi, Japan, have developed an optical module holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image-Sensing Device Manufacturing Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Hirochika Narita and Ryuya Kuroda, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing a solid-state image-sensing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of manufacturing a solid-state image-sensing device includes: ...
California Inventor Develops Coherent Test Conditions Determination Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Chris Oberhauser of San Jose, Calif., has developed a test conditions assessing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining coherent test conditions is disclosed. The method includes receiving constraints from a user, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Multi-Optical Axis Photoelectric Sensor System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Kazunori Osako and Tetsuya Akagi, both of Fukuchiyama, Japan, Satoru Shimokawa of Ohtsu, Japan, Takayoshi Takahara of Kameoka, Japan, and Fumihiko Misumi of Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a multi-optical axis photoelectric sensor system. According to the U.S ....
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Light Intensity Detection Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Bradley Engstrand of Hartford, Wis., has developed a method for detecting an intensity of light. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method detect an intensity of light within an interior of a compartment and/or of an end cap ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Environmental Impact Information Collection System
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Masamitsu Sakurai and Hiroshi Uramoto, both of Kanagawa, Japan, Tatsuo Tani of Chiba, Japan, and Hiromitsu Hatano of Tokyo, have developed an information provider. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmental impact information ...
California Inventors Develop Chemical Array
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Peter G. Webb of Menlo Park, Calif., and Douglas A. Amores of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a chemical array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method in which an array identifier for a chemical array with probes at multiple feature ...
Montana Inventors Develop Computer Program Product for Aquatic Environment Assessment
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Michael C. Sprague and Sarah G. Hughes, both of Livingston, Mont., and William Procunier of Bozeman, Mont., have developed a computer program product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer program product are ...
British, Indian Inventors Develop Object Proximity Detection Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Robert Christopher Twiney of Somerset, Great Britain, and Ganesh Chandan Gangadharan of Bangalore, India, have developed a method of detecting a proximity of an object. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Image Sensor
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Shin Jae Kang, Won Tae Choi, and Joo Yul Ko, all from Kyungki-do, South Korea, and Deuk Hee Park of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an image sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor for an image processing apparatus ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Jun Osanai of Chiba, Japan, has developed an integrated circuit device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor having an insulating film, a first ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Automatic Calibration Implementation Method
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Roger Allen Booth Jr., Matthew Stephen Doyle, Lynn Robert Landin and Thomas W. Liang, all from Rochestor, Minn., and Ankur Kanu Patel of Byron, Minn., have developed a data processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Guided-Mode Resonance Filter
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Jenq-Yang Chang, Mount-Learn Wu, Che-Lung Hsu, Chih-Ming Wang, Yung-Chih Liu, Yue-Hong Chou, Ya-Lun Tsai and Chien-Chieh Lee, all from Taoyuan, Taiwan, have developed a guided-mode resonance filter fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Memory Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Hiroshi Horikoshi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, which are advantageous not only in that both the improvement of storage ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Organic Thin Film Transistor
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Larry D. Boardman, Timothy D. Dunbar, Mark J. Pellerite and Terrance P. Smith, all from Woodbury, Minn., Todd D. Jones and Dawn V. Muyres, both of St. Paul, Minn., and Tommie W. Kelley of Coon Rapids, Minn., have developed a film transistor. According to the ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Radiation Emitting Semiconductor Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... LEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Johan Hendrik Klootwijk and Jan Willem Slotboom, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor device with a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Semiconductor Power Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Thomas E. Grebs and Gary M. Dolny, both of Mountaintop, Pa., have developed a power device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor power device includes a substrate of a first conductivity type and an epitaxial layer of the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Device
Apr 16, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- Michiharu Matsui and Riichiro Shirota, both of Fujisawa, Japan, Yuji Takeuchi and Takeshi Kamigaichi, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Seiichi Mori of Tokyo, have developed a semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...