US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, May 5:
Ohio, North Carolina Inventors Develop Automated Transaction Machine System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Steven Shepley of Uniontown, Ohio, Joseph Cwikla of Tallmadge, Ohio, Bryan Reed of Canal Fulton, Ohio, James Block of North Lawrence, Ohio, Jay Paul Drummond of Massillon, Ohio, Mark D. Smith of North Canton, Ohio, and Robert Usner of Morrisville, N.C., have developed ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Exhaust Gas Diffuser for Pneumatic Nail Gun
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- John L. Arnold of Lynchburg, Va., has developed a filter system for pneumatic nail gun. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The exhaust gas diffuser and filter system for a pneumatic nail gun provides for the diffusion and filtering of exhaust ...
British Inventors Develop Media Cassette Sensing System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Alan Tocher of Edinburgh, Great Britain, and Douglas L. Milne of Dundee, Great Britain, have developed a sensing system for aself-service terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a sensing system for a self-service ...
Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Mobile Phone Integration Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Cheng-Shing Lai of Taipei, Taiwan, and Xiao-Bo Shu of Nankng, China, have developed an apparatus for mobile phone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for integrating a mobile phone ...
Washington, New York Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Signals Testing System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Mani Soma of Seattle, Wash., Jessica Yan of Bothell, Wash., and Welela Haileselassie of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., have developed a telecommunication system for testing radio frequency signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Pneumatic Nail Gun with Movable Cylinder
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Wan-Fu Wen of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a pneumatic nail gun. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic nail gun includes a gun body having a movable cylinder therein; a hitting piston disposed in the cylinder; a main air ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Component Tying Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Dennis Lundstrom and Joachim Lindqvist, both of Goteborg, Sweden, have developed a fastener for tying two components together. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of tying two or more components together using a fastener. Each component ...
Florida Inventor Develops Flexible Sheet Dispensing Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Bruce T. Boone of Orange Park, Fla., has developed a powered dispenser for flexible sheet material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered dispenser for dispensing individual sheet segments from a continuous roll of sheet material ...
California Inventors Develop Pump Assembly with Piston
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Donald J. Shanklin of Corona, Calif., and Ronald F. Englhard of Dove Canyon, Calif., have developed a nonaerosol pump sprayer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to an "assembly including a pump attachment particularly ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Fan Control for Combustion-Powered Fastener-Driving Tool
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Larry M. Moeller of Mundelein, Ill., Joseph E. Fabin of Elmwood Park, Ill., James E. Doherty of Mount Prospect, Ill., Kui-Chiu Kwok of Gurnee, Ill., and Yury Shkolnikov of Glenview, Ill., have developed a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool. According to ...
Illinois Inventor Develops User Interface Media Distribution Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Roger D. Richardson of Wheeling, Ill., has developed a media distribution database system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system and apparatus for distributing limited media to a user through a user interface. The method, system ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Prepaid Card Settlement System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Masahiro Uehara of Saitama, Japan, has developed a card settlement system with high security. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a card settlement system suitable for ...
New York Inventors Develop Illuminating Pouring Spout
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Michael Mochiachvili and Dennis Glenn, both of New York, have developed a pouring spout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Illuminating Pouring Spout is a new and improved pouring spout for use and attachment on an open end of a liquid ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Self Checkout Computer System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Charles Morris of Beaconfield, Canada, and Leslie Williamson of Point Claire, Canada, have developed a computer program for performing self checkout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-checkout system receives a plurality of objects ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Lens Array Generation Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Takafumi Koike and Michio Oikawa, both of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed an autostereoscopic display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an autostereoscopic display, a horizontal view range can be widened without reducing ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Flip-Chip Mounted Light Emitting Devices Bonding Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- David B. Slater, Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., John Edmond of Cary, N.C., Peter S. Andrews of Greensboro, N.C., Gerald H. Negley of Hillsborough, N.C., Jayesh Bharathan and Mark Raffetto, both of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Anwar Mohammed of San Jose, Calif., have developed a ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Tool-Less Rotatable Depth Adjustment for Fastener-Driving Tool
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Stephen P. Moore of Carpentersville, Ill., James L. Kuhnwald of Richmond, Ill., and Ryan W. O'Nell of Chicago, have developed an adjustable depth drive assembly for fastener driving tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable depth ...
New York Inventor Develops Aerosol Valve System Dispenser
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Christian Bayer of Armonk, N.Y., has developed an aerosol valve system dispensing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-purging, low force opening, aerosol valve system with an orificed valve stem groove and gasket forming a first ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Host Computer for Controlling Check Processing Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Masashi Fujikawa of Hara-mura, Japan, has developed a check processing system for host computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processing apparatus, system and method for processing checks in communication with a host computer for ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Biometric Security Facilitation Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- David S. Bonalle of New Rochelle, N.Y., and Glen Salow of Holmdel, N.J., have developed a method for facilitating biometric security. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a method for facilitating biometric ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Laser Beam Irradiation Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Koichiro Tanaka of Isehara, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device fabricating method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "When a continuous wave (CW) laser is irradiated to a semiconductor film while ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Circuits Manufacturing Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Francois J. Henley of Aptos, Calif., has developed an integrated circuit fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating one or more devices, e.g., integrated circuits. The method includes providing a substrate ...
Illinois Inventors Develop In-Frame Wire Fry Basket with Ergonomic Handle
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Lawrence J. Svabek and Leonard J. Svabek, both of Orland Park, Ill., and Richard J. Svabek of Lemont, Ill., have developed a wire mesh fry basket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rigid wire frame is formed around the exterior of a wire ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Drawn Aluminum Can Shell
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Ralph Peter Stodd of Dayton, Ohio, has developed a double-seamed can end. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Gravity-Feed Napkin Dispenser with Internal Blocking Assembly
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Christopher M. Reinsel of Neenah, Wis., and Robert J. Aloisi of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., have developed a gravity-feed napkin dispenser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravity-feed dispenser includes an internal blocker assembly to prevent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Sheet
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Hitoshi Ohashi and Tatsuya Izumi, both of Saitama, Japan, and Kazuhiro Takahashi of Kawaguchi, Japan, have developed a semiconductor chip producing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet to be used in ...
California Inventors Develop Cooler with Retractable Legs
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Aaron W. Barquist of Elk Grove, Calif., and Shannon Hanson of Sacramento, Calif., have developed an ice chest. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice chest has retractable, telescoping legs extending at respective forward and rearward ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Hingeless Lid for Container
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Vincent P. Tippmann of Fort Wayne, Ind., has developed a container lid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for a container includes a side element extending from a front of the lid to a rear of the lid. A fulcrum point is formed at one ...
Vermont, New York Inventor Develops Uniform Lithographic Features Forming Methods
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Toshiharu Furukawa and David V. Horak, both of Essex Junction, Vt., Mark Charles Hakey of Fairfax, Vt., Steven J. Holmes of Guilderland, N.Y., Charles W. Koburger III of Delmar, N.Y., and Chung Hon Lam of Peekskill, N.Y., have developed a semiconductor device ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Laser Annealing Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Naoto Kusumoto and Koichiro Tanaka, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Shunpei Yamazaki of Tokyo, have developed a semiconductor film forming method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to promote an effect of laser annealing in respect of ...
California, Florida Inventors Develop Capped Chip Formation Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Belgacem Haba of Saratoga, Calif., Masud Beroz of Livermore, Calif., David B. Tuckerman of Orinda, Calif., and Glenn Urbish of Coral Springs, Fla., have developed a microelectronic packaging method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Head Unit Production Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Yuji Shinkai of Handa, Japan, has developed a recording head unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of producing a recording head unit including: a recording head including: a plurality of recording ...
New York Inventor Develops Semiconductor Transistor with Reduced Channel Widths
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Jesse Berkley Tucker of Niskayuna, N.Y., has developed a semiconductor transistor fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a channel in a semiconductor device including forming an opening in a masking layer to ...
California Inventor Develops Portable Tool Carrier for Gas Can
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Robert G. DeAntoni of Shingletown, Calif., has developed a gas can carrier with adjustable strap. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable tool carrier for a gas can includes an adjustable carrier strap adapted to surround a side surface ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Reclosable Package with Accessible Zipper
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Craig E. Cappel of Pittsford, N.Y., Gary E. Rehwinkel of Fairport, N.Y., Russell J. Talbo of Lyons, N.Y., Johann Natterer of Legau, Germany, have developed a method for making accessible zipper reclosable package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventor Develops Needle Pouch
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Armin Faller of Albstadt, Germany, has developed a method for packaging needle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle pouch made of a flexible material, such as paper or plastic, for an orderly packaging of needle sets, formed of a ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Belted Asphalt Compactor
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Ronald L. Satzler of Princeville, Ill., has developed a belted asphalt compactor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compactor includes a first unit with a roller frame. A second unit is coupled to the first unit, and is generally ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Traveling Crane
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Osamu Toudou, Koichi Shimomura and Keisuke Fukumoto, all from Akashi, Japan, have developed a traveling crane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traveling crane according to the present invention includes a hook hoisting guide sheave for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Packing Material for Display Module
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Koji Takagi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a transport method for display module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An liquid crystal display (LCD) module covered a protective film and stored in a vinyl bag is held by cushioning material, ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Modular Container for Medical Instrument Storage System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Todd E. Bettenhausen and Cary A. Bettenhausen, both of Indianapolis, have developed a container system for sterilizing surgical instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container system for organizing, protecting, sterilizing, storing ...
California Inventors Develop Laser Thermal Annealing Process
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Cyrus E. Tabery and Bin Yu, both of Cupertino, Calif., Qi Xiang and Robert B. Ogle, both of San Jose, Calif., and Eric N. Paton of Morgan Hill, Calif., have developed a semiconductor device manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Double-Sided Hemispherical Silicon Grain Electrode Fabrication Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Lingyi A. Zheng of Boise, Idaho, has developed a semiconductor device fabricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for robust and cost effective techniques to fabricate a semiconductor device having double-sided ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Water Bath Separator
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Pieter Boer of Wachtum, Netherlands, has developed a water bath separating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water bath separator includes a tank for receiving a volume of water for forming a water bath having a top water surface ...
Texas Inventor Develops Closure for Pressure Vessel
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Douglas J. McGuire of Houston has developed an improved closure assembly for sealing pressure vessel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure assembly contains positive and/or vacuum pressure within a pressure vessel having a neck. A ...
California Inventors Develop Disposable Container for Waste Sorting System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Scott R. Mallett of Coto De Caza, Calif., Randall C. Danta of Tustin, Calif., Peter Regla of Placentia, Calif., Alan D. Corey of Newport Beach, Calif., and Alan A. Davidner of Yorba Linda, Calif., have developed a medical waste disposal system. According to the ...
California Inventors Develop Single Fire Vascular Ligation Clip Dispenser
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Frans Vandenbroek of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., and Arnold Tuason of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., have developed a surgical clip dispenser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip dispenser arranged to hold a plurality of surgical ...
U.S., German, Chinese Inventors Develop Shallow Trench Isolation Film Planarization Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Walter Hartner of Bad Abbach, Germany, Jonathan Davis of Shanghai, China, and Joseph Page of Mechanicsville, Va., have developed an electronic substrate surface film planarizing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and method ...
New York Inventor Develops Utility Cover System for Preventing Water Leakage
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Robert F. Corr of Sauquoit, N.Y., has developed a method of covering and sealing an access cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "utility cover system and method of covering and sealing an access cover for a ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Live-Line Cranes
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Fred P. Smith of Alpine, Utah, Todd Mendenhall of Riverton, Utah, Nathan H. Morrill of Draper, Utah and Methody W. Slobogean of White Rock, Canada, have developed a lifting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to a ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Screwdriver with Dual Cam Slot
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- G. Lyle Habermehl of Gallatin, Tenn., has developed a screwdriver for driving collated screw. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to a "screwdriver for driving collated screws including a slide body coupled to a housing for ...
Vermont, North Carolina Inventors Develop Recyclable Material Collection System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- James W. Bohlig of Cuttingsville, Vt., Sean P. Duffy of Huntersville, N.C., have developed a methods for collecting recyclable material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for collecting data pertaining to glass, plastic ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ship Lift for Lifting, Lowering Ships
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Bert G. Shelton of Houston has developed a mechanical ship lift. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system for lifting ships from one waterway to another waterway. A convex basin is constructed between the waterways ...
German Inventor Develops Hand-Held Power Tool
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Rory Britz of Kaufering, Germany, has developed a hand-held power tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool connectable with a dust suction module includes a motor and an air flow generator which for cooling the motor is ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Self-Propelled Plate Compactor
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Thomas M. Congdon of Dunlap, Ill., has developed a self-propelled plate compactor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a vibratory plate compactor, having at least one contact plate configured to be ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Decorative Plant Marker Stake
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Richard Cohen of Ann Arbor, Mich., has developed a decorative plant marker stake. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative marker which may be used to identify plants in a garden comprises a wire form encircling and capturing a ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Plastic Frameworks Manufacturing Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Vinode Ramnauth of Ontario, Canada, and Leon Gimelshtein of Thornhill, Canada, have developed window frames. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A production line for carrying out machining and cleaning ...
Maine Inventor Develops Cabling Insertion Drilling Tool
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Kurt D. Lambert of Madison, Maine, has developed a drilling tool for insertion of cabling. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved drilling tool for drilling into and through walls for the purpose of inserting ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Package Material
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Naomi Yoshimura of Tokyo has developed a cushion material for packaging.According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package made of pulp material for absorbing an external force applied to a solid object accommodated in a box is provided which may ...
Arkansas Inventor Develops Waste Material Processing System
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- John P. Whitney of Little Rock, Ark., has developed a method for processing waste material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for disposing of waste material are disclosed, in which a cross-belt magnet configuration is ...
New York, Vermont Inventors Develop Resistor Electrical Resistance Increasing Method
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Arne W. Ballantine of Round Lake, N.Y., Daniel C. Edelstein of White Plains, N.Y., and Anthony K. Stamper of Williston, Vt., have developed a semiconductor electrical resistance increasing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Safety System for Preventing Crane Operator Injury
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Roger Gail Nelson of Wichita, Kan., has developed a crane operator injury prevention system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety system for preventing crane operator injury. Two ergonomic tracks are attached on either side of the ...
New York Inventor Develops Adjustable Pile Splicing Apparatus
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- John V. Cinquano of Clifton Park, N.Y., has developed a system for splicing piles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Piles are spliced using a first splicer element comprising a first splicer face and a cross-section sized and contoured to ...
EPA REGION 3 OFFICE ISSUES ENVIROBYTES, APRIL 25
May 05, 2008 ... The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 office issued the following EnviroBytes newsletter: PROGRAM HELPS OPERATORS PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER TO CUSTOMERS EPA has announced the availability of the Check Up Program for Small Systems (CUPSS), a user-friendly computer-based ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Head Device
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Takashi Abe and Yoshihiko Ito, both of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Hirohisa Koga of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, James S. Anderson of Hugo, Minn., and Denis Langlois of River Falls, Wis., have developed a magnetic head device. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Single Pole Magnetic Head
May 05, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- Kiyoshi Nishikawa and Maki Maeda, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a single pole magnetic head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin film magnetic head has a magnetic pole major layer terminated at a position receding from a ...