US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, May 12:
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Logic Device with Low Electromagnetic Interference
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Yao-Chi Wang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ying-Tang Chang of Sindian, Taiwan, Ching-Wen Pan of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Chin-Pin Yu of Longtan Shiang, Taiwan, have developed a logic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A logic device with low ...
New York Inventors Develop Cleaning, Spots Blade Lubricating Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- John S. Facci of Webster, N.Y., William H. Wayman of Ontario, N.Y., and Michael Q. Lu of Fairport, N.Y., have developed a blade lubricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning and spots blade lubricating apparatus and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Hiroyuki Miyake and Yutaka Shionoiri, both of Kanagawa-Ken, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit with a large load driving capability, which is structured by single polarity thin film ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Mobile Military Satellite Receiver Architecture
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Yhean-Sen Lai of Warren, N.J., has developed a satellite receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coarse carrier offset adapter for determining a coarse carrier offset for application to a received satellite signal, a method of ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Feedback Information Generation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Olav Tirkkonen of Helsinki, Finland, has developed an information generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is discussed for generating feedback information for controlling transmission from a transmitting end using a set of ...
California Inventors Develop Dynamic Data Delivery Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Ryan Steelberg and Chad Steelberg, both of Newport Beach, Calif., have developed a data delivrer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing enhanced radio content to a remote user is disclosed. The system includes at least one ...
U.S., Israeli Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cooking Device
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Ann Grant of New York, and Eli Cohen of Lev HaSharon, Israel, have developed an ornamental design for a cooking device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D567,577 on April 29. The patent has been ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Set-Top Boxes Connection Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- George E. Hill of Stone Mountain, Ga., has developed a box connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Fixing Device
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Akira Nuita of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, has developed a fixer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device of the present invention supports rotatably a fixing belt heated by a heating member using a separation roller having hollow pipes ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Communication System Modulation, Demodulation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Seishi Hanaoka of Tokyo, Satoshi Tamaki of Kokubunji, Japan, and Takashi Yano of Tokorozawa, Japan, have developed a communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adaptive modulation/demodulation method in a radio communication ...
New York Inventors Develop Release Agent Application Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Martin Franklin Zess of Churchville, N.Y., and Mark Steven Amico of Pittsford, N.Y., have developed an application apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release agent application apparatus includes a liquid-permeable member, a first ...
Washington Inventors Develop Spectrum Sharing Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Amer Hassan and Jean Pierre de Vries, both of Kirkland, Wash., and Paramvir Bahl of Sammamish, Wash., have developed a spectrum sharing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods for autonomous detection and ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Customized Music Delivery Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Julianne Petschke of Shelby Township, Mich., and Patty Valerio Kogowski of Macomb, Mich., have developed a music delivery system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for customized music delivery to a vehicle including ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Multi-Tiered Broadcasting Services Product
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- David A. Fishman of c, N.J., Raymond K. Jones of Voorhees, N.J., and Eric Zhong of East Brunswick, N.J., have developed a computer program product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary satellite radio or broadcast channel is used to ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Curriculum Planning Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Aurelia Hartenberger of St. Louis has developed a curriculum planner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for curriculum planning using a curriculum planning tool is described. The method includes selecting an academic discipline, a ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Low Swing Current Mode Logic Circuit
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Ilham Hassoune and Jean-Didier Legat, both of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, have developed a logic circuit featuring low power consumption. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a low swing current mode logic circuit ...
French Inventors Develop Load Control Scheme
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Francois Baccelli of Meudon, France, Bartlomiej Blaszczyszyn of Bagneux, France, and Mohamed Kadhem Karray of Issy les Moulineaux, France, have developed a load controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a control ...
Texas Inventors Develop Tantalum Nitride Films Dry Etching Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Mona M. Eissa and Troy A. Yocum, both of Plano, Texas, have developed a tantalum films selective etching method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a method for the selective dry etching of tantalum and tantalum ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Mask Blank Manufacturing Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Mitsuaki Hata of Shinjuku-ku, Japan, has developed a substrate transfer mask manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method of a mask blank from which an unnecessary resist film formed on the peripheral edge ...
Japanese Inventor Develop Semiconductor Device with Dual Damascene
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Masatoshi Nagase of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a dual damascene process to form a fine interconnection structure, a semiconductor manufacturing method ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Iron Silicide Making Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Hisao Morooka and Hiroshi Yamada, both of Chuo-ku, Japan, and Kazuo Nishi of Atsugi, Japan, have developed a photoelectric transducer making method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell comprises a substrate, and a metal electrode ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Substrate Surface Polishing Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Takeo Kubota and Gaku Minamihaba, both of Kawasaki, Japan, and Kenro Nakamura of Kamakura, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device polishing liquid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for polishing a surface of a ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Three Dimensional Devices Thin Passivation Layer
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Lawrence Wong of Beaverton, Ore., Grant Kloster of Lake Oswego, Ore., and Lawrence Foley of Hillsboro, Ore., have developed three dimensional devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention include a device with ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Process Film Formation Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Yutaka Takahashi, Satoshi Takagi and Masahiko Tomita, all from Tokyo, have developed a semiconductor process film formation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film formation method for a semiconductor process is arranged to form an ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Dual Damascene Structures Formation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Ming-Shih Yeh, Shau-Lin Shue and Chen-Hua Yu, all from Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Ming-Hsing Tsai of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed semiconductor device dual damascene structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The manufacture of damascene ...
New York Inventors Develop Pulse Streams Generation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Arie Shahar and Eldan Halberthal, both of Rye Brook, N.Y., have developed pulse streams. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides an all optical system for generating high rate ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Silicon Removal Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Kyle K. Kirby of Boise, Idaho, and Kevin J. Torek of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a method of selectively etching silicon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An etch solution that comprises tetramethylammonium hydroxide and at least one ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Production Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Noriyuki Shimoji and Masaki Takaoka, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device producing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method of producing a semiconductor device is ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Semiconductor Wafer Etching Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Kenneth A. Bandy of Red Hook, N.Y., Sadanand V. Deshpande of LeGrangeville, N.Y., Richard Wise of New Windsor, N.Y., and Scott D. Allen of Legewood, N.J., have developed an etching process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Formation Controlling Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Takanori Masui of Ebina, Japan, has developed an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus, provided with replacement parts each having a storage section therein and adapted to be detachably ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Optical Duobinary Transmission System
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Douglas M. Gill of South Orange, N.J., David S. Levy of Freehold, N.J., Xiang Liu of Marlboro, N.J., Moncef B. Tayahi of Holmdel, N.J., and Xing Wei of New Providence, N.J., have developed a transmitter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Duobinary Optical Transmission Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Sung-Kee Kim and Han-Lim Lee, both of Seoul, South Korea, Yun-Je Oh of Yongin-shi, South Korea, and Seong-Taek Hwang of Pyongtaek-shi, South Korea, have developed an optical transmitter. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
Texas, Inventors Develop Coiled Tubing Inspection Data Usage Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Shunfeng Zheng, John R. Lovell and Aude Faugere, all from Houston, and Sarmad Adnan of Sugar Land, Texas, have developed a method for using coiled tubing inspection data. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Non-Linear Intra-Channel Distortions Reduction Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Lothar Benedict Erhard Josef Moeller of Hazlet, N.J., has developed a distortions reducer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing intra-channel, non-linear distortions of an optical signal resulting from non-linear fiber ...
California Inventors Develop Field Effect Transistor Gate Structure Integration Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Ajay Kumar and Ramesh Krishnamurthy, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a semiconductor substrate fabricating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for process integration in manufacture of a gate structure ...
Texas Inventors Develop Post-Metal-Etch Pattern-Resist Removal Process
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Anthony DiCarlo of Richardson, Texas, and Lisa A. Wesneski of The Colony, Texas, have developed a semiconductor fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing the pattern resist that remains on a microchip wafer ...
California Inventor Develops Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Raminda Udaya Madurawe of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a three dimensional integrated circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a first aspect, a three-dimensional semiconductor device, wherein: a configurable memory element coupled ...
Italian Inventors Develop Data Transport Network Planning Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Guido Alberto Maier and Achille Pattavina, both of Milan, Italy, and Simone De Patre of Bregnano, Italy, have developed a network planner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for static or dynamic planning of a wavelength division ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Doo-Won Kwon, Hyung-Ho Ko, Im-Soo Park and Jeong-Nam Han, all from Seoul, South Korea, Chang-Sup Mun of Incheon-si, South Korea, Woo-Gwan Shim of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Yu-Kyung Kim of Busan-si, South Korea, have developed a semiconductor device fabricating ...
U,S., Canadian Inventors Develop Alkali-Resistant Fabric Reinforcements for Cementitious Materials
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- John Frederick Porter of St. Catharines, Canada, and Geraint Roberts of Youngstown, N.Y., have developed a fabric reinforcement. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fabric and reinforcements are ...
Texas Inventors Develop Latch Bypass Circuit
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Maciej Bajkowski, George P. Hoekstra and Prashant U. Kenkare, all from Austin, Texas, and Ravindraraj Ramaraju of Round Rock, Texas, have developed a latch bypass method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a first ...
Vermont, Connecticut, New York Inventors Develop High Dielectric Constant Layer Deposition Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Douglas D. Coolbaugh and Ebenezer E. Eshun, both of Essex Junction, Vt., Kenneth J. Stein of Sandy Hook, Conn., and Kunal Vaed of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., have developed a semiconductor device fabrication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New York Inventor Develops Voltage Level Shifter Circuit
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Devon Glenford Williams of Apalachin, N.Y., has developed a voltage level shifter circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter circuit for shifting a voltage level of a logic signal from a first voltage to a second voltage ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Check Valve for Metal Molding Machine
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Alex Teng of Richmond Hill, Canada, Harold Godwin of Orangeville, Canada, and Robert Ilmonen of Mississauga, Canada, have developed a check ring for metal injection molding machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for a check valve ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Fabric with Stab Resistant, Anti-Ballistic Property
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Rudiger Hartert of Wuppertal, Germany, Christian Bottger of Remscheid, Germany, and David R. Hand of Snellville, Ga., have developed a fabric producing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fabric having both ...
German Inventor Develops Towel Dryers
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Silvia Bader of Munich, Germany, has developed a heating element for drying towels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heating element comprising a base body made of metal, preferably aluminum or stainless steel, ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Stereolithography Resin Etching Process
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Benli Luan of London, Canada, has developed a stereolithography (SLA) resin etching process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for chemically etching a stereolithography resin involves chemically etching a shaped object of the ...
British Inventor Develops Downhole Tools
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- John Thomas Oliver Thornton of Aberdeen, Great Britain has developed a downhole tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved centralizer is provided for centralization of tubulars such as casings, liners, production tubing, and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Split Rim for Tire
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Yoshiaki Hirata, Akio Oobayashi and Keigo Kikuchi,all from Kodaira, Japan, have developed a method of assembling tire rim. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow-cylindrical portion inserted in a hollow-cylindrical portion of one rim ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Nanowire Production Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Eun Kyung Lee of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Byoung Lyong Choi of Seoul, South Korea, have developed nanowires methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanowires methods for producing the nanowires are provided. The nanowires include a ...
Texas, Oklahoma Inventors Develop Restriction Tolerant Packer Cup
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Mark Oettli and Frank F. Espinosa, both of Richmond, Texas, and Garwood Michael of Yukon, Okla., have developed a packer cups for wellbore. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a packer cup having a deformable ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Supporting Seat for Heat Sink
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Tsung-Jui Hsu of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, and Ying-Lin Hsu of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, have developed a supporting seat for heat conductive plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting seat includes a base adapted to be securely connected ...
Vermont, North Carolina Inventors Develop Flexible Multimode Logic Element
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Pradeep Thiagarajan and Sebastian T. Ventrone, both of South Burlington, Vt., Igor Arsovski of Williston, Vt., Anthony R. Bonaccio of Shelburne, Vt., Joseph A. Iadanza of Hinesburg, Vt., and Hayden C. Cranford Jr. of Cary, N.C., have developed a flexible multimode ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Method for Vehicle Air Conditioning System
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Daniel Yelles of Marysville, Ohio, has developed a vehicle air conditioning system operation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower system and method of operation for a vehicle air conditioning system, including a blower case for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Hideaki Sakurai and Masamitsu Itoh, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device manufacturing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for a substrate processing apparatus ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Slat for Rolling Shutter
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- James V. Miller of Glen Ellyn, Ill., has developed a low-clearance shutter slat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling shutter and a slat for use in a rolling shutter are provided. The slat comprises an engaging track located at a ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Processor Chip Cooling Device
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Erich Griesmayer of Bad Fischau-Brunn, Austria, has developed a method for producing chipcooling device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cooling device for a chip, in particular a processor, embodied with a ...
New York Inventors Develop Variable Exhaust Static Pressure Management Apparatus
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Michael R. Biagetti of Fishkill, N.Y., and Charles J. Taft of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., have developed a semiconductor wet processing exhaust apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a semiconductor ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Insulation Film Formation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Atsuki Fukazawa, Nobuo Matsuki and Seijiro Umemoto, all from Tama, Japan, have developed a semiconductor insulation film forming method. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates ...
German Inventor Develops Transport Device
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Reinwald Mitsam of Langenzenn, Germany, has developed an embossing apparatus for transferring embossing film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is an embossing apparatus for transferring a transfer layer of an embossing film on to ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Two-In-One Wireless Control Kit
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Jack Wu, Venson Liao, Chaowu Chien and Dennis Lin, all from Zhoughe, Taiwan, have developed a wireless control kit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-in-one wireless control kit is adapted to plug in a personal computer memory card ...
German Inventor Develops Gripping Tool with Cutting Edge
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Bernd Wager of Iller, Germany, has developed a digging tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a digging or gripping tool with at least one cutting edge, wherein rollers are disposed along the outer edge of the ...
Colorado, California Inventors Develop Sealed Enclosure Pressure Control System
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- William F. Repphun of Boulder, Colo., and James H. Smith of Woodside, Calif., have developed a pressure control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure control system for a sealed enclosure may include opposing one-way valves to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Disk Drive Control Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Haruo Andoh of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide a disk drive capable of preventing the deterioration of performance. In one embodiment, a disk drive includes ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Brassica Juncea Lines Generation Method
May 12, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- Kening Yao, Derek A. Potts, Bradley D. Leibel and Daryl R. Males, all from Saskatoon, Canada, have developed a seed of the Brassica juncea line. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is ...