US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, May 21:
California Inventor Develops Automotive Care Communications Console
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Ieon C. Chen of Laguna Hills, Calif., has developed a console use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customer driven process of diagnosing and repairing a vehicle. The process involves temporarily providing a customer with a diagnostic ...
New York Inventor Develops Aircraft Security System
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Michael Arnouse of Old Brookville, N.Y., has developed a security apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security mechanism identifies users, so as to restrict access and operation to authorized users, such as to persons authorized ...
Indian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fresia Cut Jewel
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Adri Voorn of Mumbai, India, has developed an ornamental design for a fresia cut jewel, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,296 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to Gitanjali Gems Ltd., ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Laser Guided Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Chiu-Tien Huang of Chang Hua Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a laser guided device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,283 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to Giant ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Watch
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Serge Rabassa of Geneva, Switzerland, has developed an ornamental design for a watch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,278 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to Cartier Creation Studio ...
French, Italian Inventors Develop Product Dispensing Variable-Flow Tilt Valve
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Jean-Pierre Yquel of Colombes, France, and Guiseppe Dalsant of Baselga di Pineitalie, Italy, have developed a valve for dispensing a product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tilting valve for dispensing a product from a pressurized ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Biometrics Input Unit
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Kichiro Kikuchi, Hiroto Nakai and Hisao Nakayama, all from Hitachi, Japan, Hiroyuki Noda of Musashino, Japan, and Kunihito Kawamura of Komae, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a biometrics input unit, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Carpet Cleaners Multi-Perforated Nozzle Head
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- John F. Labarbera of Poway, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a multi-perforated nozzle head for carpet and floor cleaners, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,564 on May 20.The ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Popcorn/Cottoncandy Cart
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Man Yan Chan of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a combined popcorn and cottoncandy cart, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,570 on May 20.The original application ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bag Holder
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Stephen A. Dukes of North Baltimore, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for a bag holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,569 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to Impact ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cleaning Sponge
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Timotheos J. Leahy of St. Paul, Minn., and Bonnie C. Lembitz of Woodbury, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a cleaning sponge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,565 on May 20. ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vacuum Cleaner
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Jae Hyoung Shin and Jin Sik Kim, both of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a vacuum cleaner, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,563 on May 20.The patent has been ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Water Quality Measurement Probe
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Tomoya Kumauchi and Hyosuke Yonezawa, both of Kyoto, Japan, Yoshito Komada of Nara, Japan, and Katsuaki Ogura of Shiga, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a water quality measurement probe, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Global Positioning System, Cell Phone Module
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Sayo Isaac Daniel of Miami, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a global positioning system and cell phone module*, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,282 on May 20. The original ...
California Inventor Develops Fluid Purification Equipment Identification Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Jeffrey J. Spiegelman of La Jolla, Calif., has developed an equipment identifier. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive method and apparatus are disclosed through which a fluid purification system operator inputs the system's ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Battery Tester
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- David E. Zimmerman and Philip D. Zimmerman, both of Cincinnati, have developed an ornamental design for a battery tester, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,285 on May 20. The patent has been ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Enclosure for Personal Emergency Warning Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Michael E. Kennedy and Damon H. Langlois, both of Victoria, Canada, have developed an ornamental design for an enclosure for a personal emergency warning device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Button for Watch
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Shigeru Hanagata, Shinichiro Oshita and Haruna Kawashima, all from Tokyo, have developed an ornamental design for a button for a watch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,293 on May 20. The ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Passive Infrared Occupancy Sensor
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Lidong Ni and Xiang Yu,both of Wenzhou, China, has developed an ornamental design for a passive infrared occupancy sensor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,291 on May 20. The original ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Smoke Detector Cover
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Thomas Cronly Hardenbrook of Louisville, Ky., has developed an ornamental design for a smoke detector cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,292 on May 20. The original application was filed ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Cross, Star Emblem
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Harry Glinberg of Wauwatosa, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a combined cross and star emblem, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,300 on May 20. The original application was filed ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for 337X Infrared Thermometer
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Ieon C. Chen of Laguna Hills, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a 337X infrared thermometer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,280 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Chain Wear Gauge
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Philip Patrick ChisholmA of Vancouver, Canada, has developed an ornamental design for a chain wear gauge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,281 on May 20. The original application was filed on ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Key Finder
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Jon Bender of San Jose, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a key finder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,289 on May 20. The original application was filed on Aug. 11, 2006, and ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Power Grids Islanding Detection Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Reigh Allen Walling of Clifton Park, N.Y., and Andre Langel of Munster, Germany, have developed an islanding detector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting islanding conditions in an electrical grid having a power line ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Visible Electronic Article Surveillance Tag
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Dale W. Raymond of Boca Raton, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a visible electronic article surveillance tag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,288 on May 20. The patent has been ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Ring
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Massimiliano Bonoli of Forli-Cesena, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a ring, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,294 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to Cielo Srl, Vicenza, ...
Vermont Inventor Develops Firearm Multiple Magazine Carrier
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Sean P. Carroll of Plymouth, Vt., has developed a firearm dispenser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multiple magazine carrier and dispenser for firearms is configured for rapidly dispensing ammunition magazines in a proper orientation ...
Japaneses Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Watch Case
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Ryusuke Moriai of Ome, Japan, and Tatsumi Anno of Akishima, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a watch case, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,275 on May 20. The patent has been ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Flamingo Sculpture
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Glenda Chism, Gary Fredrickson and Wayne Cruver, all from Palm Springs, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a flamingo sculpture, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,305 on May ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Dog Toy
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Jill Nazimek of Golden, Colo., has developed an ornamental design for a dog toy, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,562 on May 20.The original application was filed on Sept. 1, 2006, and is ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Diamond
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Nikolay Novikov of Los Angeles has developed an ornamental design for a diamond, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,299 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to JB-DM Jewelry LLC, Los ...
New Jersey, New York Inventors Develop Selective Data Inversion within Ultra-Wide Band Communication
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Shaomin S. Mo of Monmouth Junction, N.J., Jay Gopal of Plainsboro, N.J., and Alexander D. Gelman of Smallwood, N.Y., have developed a method for generating a pulse signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Operational Control Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Katsunori Ueno, Tomoya Takahashi and Makoto Umeki, all from Tokyo-To, Japan, have developed a controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A operational control device for supplying electric power from an electric power equipment to a ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Illuminable Decorative Floating Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Victor M. Fotherby of Lyndhurst, Canada, has developed an ornamental design for an illuminable decorative floating device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,301 on May 20. The original ...
Japanese Inventors Develop False Lock Detection Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Hiroki Ishida and Takashi Nishimura, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a false lock detection circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a false lock detection circuit including: a data signal input section ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Paint Tray Cover
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Normand M. Blanchard of Quebec has developed an ornamental design for a paint tray cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,568 on May 20.The original application was filed on Sept. 27, ...
British Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Harness Buckle
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Philip Taylor of Skipton, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a harness buckle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,306 on May 20. The patent has been assigned to Silver Cross ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Tray
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Peter Kohn of Flushing, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a combined tray and liner therefor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,567 on May 20. The original application was filed on ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Rounded Faceted Diamond
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Allen L. Smith of Duanesburg, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a rounded faceted diamond, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,298 on May 20. The original application was filed on ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Ergonomically Optimized Squeegee
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Donald C. Pfitzinger of Fenton, Mo., has developed an ornamental design for an ergonomically optimized squeegee, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,566 on May 20.The original application was ...
Nevada, California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Thermostat
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Steve Krebs of Las Vegas, and Ronald L. Pitt of Cardiff by the Sea, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a thermostat, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,279 on May 20. The patent ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Medical Waste Disposal System
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Robert Joseph Panek Jr. of Huntley, Ill., has developed a system for disposing medical waste. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier is configured to hold a container having a door mounted for reciprocation between opened and closed ...
Texas Inventor Develops Nesting Negotiation for Self-Mobile Devices
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- David Bruce Kumhyr of Austin, Texas, has developed a negotiation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disparate robotic devices can be automatically recharged and reprogrammed by self-scheduling individual time slots for the available ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Press Stripping Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Paolo Quercia of Quebec has developed a stripping device for a press. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "stripping device for stripping a waste piece from a sheet of material, which includes a stripping member with ...
Iowa, Nebraska Inventors Develop Vehicle Seat Transfer Case Assembly
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Scott Lavoie of Red Oak, Iowa, and Brent Frazier of Bellview, Neb., have developed a vehicle seat assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "transfer case assembly for selectively moving a seat assembly in a ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Rope-Like Structure
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Ruedi Hess of Tegerfelden, Switzerland, has developed kernmantel ropes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rope-like structures, in particular, kernmantel ropes, cords and cables in which the individual fibres, threads or thread bundles are ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Graphical Indicators
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Todd M. Eischeid and Mark E. Molander, both of Cary, N.C., have developed a modes implementer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for enabling manual control over selection of a value for ...
German Inventors Develop Automatic Wire Stripper
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Franz Krampe and Stephan Krampe, both of Ascheberg-Herbern, Germany, have developed automatic stripping pliers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ""An automatic wire stripper comprises a knife unit having a knife holder and a knife carriage ...
German Inventors Develop Lower Rams Guidance Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Bernd Malner and Hans Wolf, both of Schwarzenbek, Germany, Harald Romer of Reinbek, Germany, and Peter Luneburg of Berkentin, Germany, have developed a lower-ram head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device for ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Dynamic Optical Imaging Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Robert J. Crowley of Sudbury, Mass., and Isaac Ostrovsky of Wellesley, Mass., have developed an optical imaging method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system includes a catheter having an elongated tubular member and an inner ...
U.S., South Korean Inventors Develop Coffee Beans Roaster
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Kitak Chae and Jongrok Kim, both of Seoul, South Korea, Jung S. Moon of Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Rong Liu of Gurnee, Ill., have developed a coffee roaster. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roaster for roasting coffee beans includes a ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Modular Implantable Medical Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Martin Hornfeldt of Jarfalla, Sweden, Bjorn Sjogren of Fjordhundra, Sweden, Eva Skoog Andersson of Tyreso, Sweden, Eva Micski of Huddlinge, Sweden, and Olof Stegfeldt of Alta, Sweden, have developed a medical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Non-Explosive Energetic Material
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Cohen-Arazi Yael, Samuel Friling and Menashe Tzalik, all from Kiryat Ata, Israel, and Edith Sokol-Barak of Naharia, Israel, have developed a reactive armor element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides elements ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid-Crystalline Vinyl Ketone Derivatives
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Hiromichi Inoue, Ryushi Syundo and Kazutoshi Miyazawa, all from Ichihara, Japan, have developed a liquid-crystalline compound. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ...
California Inventors Develop Implantable Stimulator Casing Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Tom X. He of Simi Valley, Calif., and Matthew I. Haller of Valley Village, Calif., have developed a casing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable stimulator includes a device for delivering a stimulus and a casing having a first, ...
Texas Inventors Develop Integrated Model Predictive Controlling Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Wilhelm Wojsznis, Terry Blevins and Mark Nixon, all from Round Rock, Texas, have developed a model controller. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An integrated optimization and control technique integrates ...
Michigan, Ohio Inventors Develop High Pressure Reinforced Thermoplastic Hose
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Andreas Sausner of Orion, Mich., Tao Nie of Rochester, Mich., and Michael W. Boles of Springboro, Ohio, have developed a high pressure multilayer hose. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforced, high pressure hose is disclosed for use ...
New York Inventors Develop Multivariable System Controlling Method
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Indraneel Das of Bronx, N.Y., and Gonzalo Rey of Clarence Center, N.Y., have developed a guess exploiter. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention efficiently solves quadratic ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Shingle Removal Tool
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Terrill Holt of Somersworth, N.H., has developed a shingle removal tool with a head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "shingle removal tool having a head; at least two teeth coupled with the head, the teeth being ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Fiber Chopper
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Douglas J. Kempski of Holland, Ohio, and Michael David Folk of Oregon, Ohio, have developed a long unwound items chopping method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for chopping long unwound ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Process Control Technique
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Masato Tanaka of Tokyo has developed a controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a control method, when a state quantity serving as a specific reference is defined as a reference state quantity, and a state quantity which is ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Projectile Launcher
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- David Walter Compton and Gwyn Morgan, both of Kitchener, Canada, and Stephen John Sajkowski of Guelph, Canada, have developed launchers for grenades. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launcher which can be readily converted for use by ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Neuromuscular Stimulation Portable Assembly
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Robert B. Strother and Joseph J. Mrva, both of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, and Geoffrey B. Thrope of Shaker Heights, Ohio, have developed a portable assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Self-Standing Aluminum Can Crushing Device
May 21, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- John A. Murray and Everlena C. Murray, both of Manning, S.C., have developed a self-standing aluminum can crushing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a self-standing unit designed to compact aluminum cans. A ...