US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, May 23:
Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Control Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Takeshi Nakamura of Tsurugashima, Japan, has developed a recorder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus is provided with a receiving device which simultaneously receives a plurality of broadcast video signals; a ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Optic Cable Stack Measurement Device
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- George A. Corbeels of Spring Lake Heights, N.J., has developed a stack measuring device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During the stringing of fiber optic cable on utility poles, there is a need for making splices of that cable at each ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Information Storage Medium
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hyun-kwon Chung and Kil Soo Jung, both of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Jung-kwon Heo and Sung-wook Park, both of Seoul, South Korea, Jung-wan Ko and Seong-jin Moon, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed an information storage medium. According to the U.S ....
California Inventor Develops Fiber Coupled Artificial Compound Eye
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Francis Mark Reininger of Tujunga, Calif., has developed a compound eye. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple aperture array, wide angle imaging system incorporates compound refractive optics modeled after the eyes of insects. The ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Wavelength Selective Switch
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Christopher Richard Doerr of Middletown, N.J., and Dan Mark Marom of Howell, N.J., have developed switches. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are provided for manipulating light beams propagated through an optical ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Circuit Board
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Norihito Tsukahara of Kyoto, Japan, and Kazuhiro Nishikawa of Osaka, Japan, have developed a circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board comprises a base film that is a base layer, a first conductive circuit manufactured ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Fiber Tray
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Keith Roy Foord of Hamilton, Canada, and Rudolf Hora of Toronto, have developed a tray. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber tray is provided for installing fiber optic cable and other types of cable that are vulnerable to performance ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Cable Closure, Assembly
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Randy Cloud of Mentor, Ohio, Chris Grubish of Solon, Ohio, Dan Levac of Bellville, Ohio, and Mark Stransky of Munroe Falls, Ohio, have developed a cable closure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification discloses a cable (e.g., ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Photosensitive Resin Composition
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hideaki Takase and Yuuichi Eriyama, both of Tokyo, have developed a resin composition. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition for ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Optical Waveguide Element
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Dorothea Wiesmann of Zurich, Switzerland, and Bert Offrein of Langnau Am Albis, Switzerland, have developed a waveguide element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical waveguide element having a cladding layer formed on a substrate and ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Optical Device
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Armen Zohrabyan and Rouslan Birabassov, both of Quebec, Tigran Galstian of Ste-Foy, Canada, and Amir Tork of Cap Rouge, Canada, have developed an optical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for the ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Fiber Optic Adapter Module
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Steven C. Zimmel of Minneapolis has developed a module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic adapter assembly includes a plurality of adapters included in an integrally formed body. Each of the adapters may include a protective ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Fiber Optic Module
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Steven C. Zimmel of Minneapolis, Ponharith Nhep of Savage, Minn., and Trevor Smith of Eden Priarie, Minn., have developed an optic module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "telecommunications assembly including a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Encoded Data Recorder
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Yuichi Sato, Osamu Yamagishi and Yoshihiro Kataoka, all from Tokyo, Seiji Oura of Kawasaki, Japan, Yasunori Arai of Fuchu, Japan, Hiroshi Ogasawara of Sagamihara, Japan, Koichi Ito of Hino, Japan, and Kentoku Yamaguchi of Hachioji, Japan, have developed a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Fiber Optic Cable Tracing Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Shersrin Naidu and Gene Kaaihue, both of Orlando, Fla., have developed a cable tracer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments include a tracing clip for a fiber optic cable including: a clip body including an inner and an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hiromi Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Yagisawa and Toshiaki Fukada, all from Tokyo, have developed an information processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an information processing apparatus or method for presenting multimedia data, a storage unit ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Multiple Adapters Rows Module
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Kristofer J. Bolster and Heidi L. Miller, both of Shakopee, Minn., have developed a module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Fiber Preform
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Takashi Sasaki, Masaaki Hirano and Tomoyuki Yokokawa, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a fiber preform. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of manufacturing an optical fiber preform and an optical fiber, and an optical fiber ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Video Signal Recording Apparatus
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Tokuji Kuroda of Ibaraki, Japan, has developed a signal recorder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a video signal recording apparatus for digitally recording a first video signal, a copyright information detecting unit extracts copyright ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Vertically Coupled Large Area Amplifier
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hooman Mohseni of Princeton, N.J., Joseph H. Abeles of East Brunswick, N.J., Martin H. Kwakernaak of New Brunswick, N.J., and Viktor Borisovitch Khalfin of Hightstown, N.J., have developed an amplifier. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Module
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Shuichi Nawae and Jun Ichihara, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element and an optical transmission member are fixedly secured onto a substrate so as to be coupled to each other. In ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop High Strength Optical Fiber Cable
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Louis Sansone of Moosup, Conn., and Robert Hauptmann of Groton, Conn., have developed a fiber cable. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes incorporating an optical fiber into a buffer tube, wherein the buffer tube has a first ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Fiber Connection Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Yoshinori Kurosawa, Bing Yao, Kazumasa Ohsono, Masao Tachikura, Hisanori Nakai, Toshio Kurashima, Eiji Araki and Katumi Hiramatu, all from Tokyo, have developed an optical fiber. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber which, at ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Waveguide Structure
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hirohito Yamada of Tokyo has developed a waveguide structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide structure having a cross-sectional structure wherein Silicon is in the center and it is surrounded by a peripheral material, which is ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Power Regulation Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Yiou-Wen Cheng of Shu Lin, Taiwan, has developed a power regulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for regulating power in a portable audio/video playback device enabling the portable audio/video playback device to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Multi-Image Reproduction Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Makoto Kondo and Yasutomo Suzuki, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Shigeru Jinnai of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an image reproducer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to select and designate the appropriate identification ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Real-Time Information Recording Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Wiebe De Haan of Eindhoven, Netherlands, has developed an information recorder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for rendering real time information arranged in cells constituted by units encoded at a variable bit rate, e.g. video ...
French Inventors Develop Bragg Grating Gain Flattening Filter
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Lionel A. Provost of Marcoussis, France, Marianne Molina of Paris, Xavier Bonnet of Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France, and Carlos Luis De Barros of Boulogne Billancourt, France, have developed a filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Multimode Long Period Fiber Bragg
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Rajminder Singh of Shrewsbury, Mass., Ming Li of Chelmsford, Mass., Jimmy Yi-Jie Jia of Cambridge, Mass., Xinbing Liu of Acton, Mass., and Tetsuo Ohara of Sutton, Mass., have developed a fiber bragg. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Multichannel Waveguide Device
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Siegfried Janz and Dan-Xia Xu, both of Gloucester, Canada, Pavel Cheben of Ottawa, and Boris Lamontagne of Gatineau, Canada, have developed interconnects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multichannel waveguide device includes an array ...
German Inventor Develops Optical Structure
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Stephan T. Gulde of Pfullingen, Germany, has developed an optical structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical structure comprising an optical resonator is provided. The optical resonator comprises a first set of nested closed ...
SELECT COMMITTEE POSTPONES EPA CONTEMPT VOTE PENDING COMPLETION OF AGREEMENT WITH WHITE HOUSE
May 23, 2008 ... The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming issued the following news release: The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming postponed its contempt vote scheduled today against Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson pending ...
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES WASTE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, FINES LEAD VIOLATORS OVER $750,000
May 23, 2008 ... The Maryland Department of the Environment issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Waste Management Administration protects human health and preserves and restores land and water resources by: reducing the quantity and toxicity of generated ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Fiber Section Remote Location Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Cary R. Murphy and Mark K. Bridges, both of Hickory, N.C., and David E. Vokey of Sidney, Calif., have developed a fiber locator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intrusion detection of one section only of a multimode fiber uses a light ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Optical Bi-directional Rotary Hinge
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Marcus Schorpp of Lempaala, Finland, and Ari Tervonen of Vantaa, Finland, have developed a rotary hinge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification and drawings present a new method and apparatus for a rotary hinge for transmitting ...
New York Inventor Develops Multi-Purpose Display Frame with Gravity Lock
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Charles Abrams of Rockville Centre, N.Y., has developed a multi-purpose display frame. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A multi-purpose, front-loading display frame includes a front frame member having a ...
German Inventors Develop Optoelectronic Component
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Helmut Albarecht and Hartmut Schneider, both of Munchen, Germany, have developed an optoelectronic component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an optoelectronic component and a method for producing it, in particular ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Dispersion Compensating Module
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Nobutaka Fuke, Shiro Nakamura, Jun Ishiguro, Hiroshi Raijo and Atsushi Umeda, all from Tokyo, have developed a module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a variable optical dispersion compensating module ...
California Inventors Develop Edge Adaptive Demosaic Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Qifan Huang of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Li Sha of San Jose, Calif., have developed a demosaic system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A demosaic system and method that supports multiple color filter array pattern inputs is disclosed. The ...
California Inventors Develop Free Space Optical Isolator
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Steve Wang of San Jose, Calif., and Mingkun Shi of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed an isolator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides low cost methods and apparatuses for filtering out polarized light ...
German Inventor Develops Optical Rotating Data Transmission Device
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Harry Schilling of Eichstaett, Germany, has developed a transmitter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transmitting modulated optical signals between a first unit and a second unit, in which the first unit is supported to be ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Firearm Trigger Proximity Alarm
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Joshua I. Rozovsky of Bloomfield, Conn., has developed a firearm safety system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proximity alarm for a firearm having a trigger and a trigger guard is disclosed. The proximity alarm is for detecting when an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Fiber Sensor
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Yasuyuki Hishida and Takahiro Saito, both of Hitachi, Japan, Shigenori Kobayashi of Kira, Japan, Motomi Iyoda of Seto, Japan, and Yukio Nakagawa of Toyota, Japan, have developed a sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Device
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Akiyoshi Ide of Kasugai, Japan, and Yasunori Iwasaki of Nishikasugai-Gun, Japan, have developed an Ootical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device has an optical fiber, an optical demultiplexer having an optical ...
Oregon, Arizona Inventors Develop Optical Coupling Assembly
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Chien-Hua Chen and Jeffrey S. Obert, both of Corvallis, Ore., and Kuohua Wu of Tucson, Ariz., have developed a coupling assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical coupling assembly includes light transmitting or reflecting ...
California Inventor Develops Firearm Light Beam Generator
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Paul Y. Kim of Santa Ana, Calif., has developed a firearm accessory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory device for being mounted to a longitudinal rail carried by a firearm and accommodating longitudinal rails of different ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Opto-Electronic Processor
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Michael G. Lee of San Jose, Calif., and Kishio Yokouchi of Tokyo, have developed a processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are reconfigurable optical interconnections for opto-electronic processors in general, and for scalable ...
Nevada, California Inventors Develop Photo Album Provision Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Eric C. Anderson of Gardnerville, Nev., and Stephen D. Saylor of Morgan Hill, Calif., have developed a photo album. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for providing a user with an album including a plurality of pages is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Broadband Optical Spectrum Generation Apparatus
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Toshio Goto and Norihiko Nishizawa, both of Aichi-ken, Japan, and Youta Ito of Mie-ken, Japan, have developed an optical spectrum. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broadband optical spectrum generating apparatus includes a ultrashort ...
Russian Inventors Develop Optical Multiplexer
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Sergey E. Goncharov of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Igor D. Zalevsky of Moscow, Russia, have developed a multiplexer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an optical multiplexing device comprising: a plurality of optical ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Fishing Net System
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Bart G. Christiansen of Elizabeth, Colo., has developed a fishing garment system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing net system comprises a handle having a top and a bottom. A loop extends from the bottom of the handle, and a mesh ...
California Inventors Develop Biochemical Assay Detection Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- James W. Hillendahl of Vacaville, Calif., and David E. Waldbeser of Martinez, Calif., have developed an assay detector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biochemical assays of samples in receptacles, in gels, in blots, in arrays and the ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Reinforced File Folders with Improved Durability
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Arman Gilbert Bourgoin of Whitby, Canada, Tyrone Michael Chin of Thornhill, Canada, and Ross Murray Nepean of Richmond Hill, Canada, have developed a composite file folder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reinforced file folder has a ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Autoloading Pistols with Magazine Disconnect Mechanism
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- James McGarry of Prescott Valley, Ariz., has developed an autoloading pistol. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoloading pistol with a magazine disconnect mechanism that blocks discharge of the pistol when the magazine is removed by ...
BOULDER COUNTY BUILDING DIVISION BEGINS ISSUING CONTRACTOR LICENSES
May 23, 2008 ... Boulder County issued the following news release: The Boulder County Building Division has begun issuing licenses to building contractors to allow them to comply with new requirements that take effect on July 1. Any contractor who plans to perform work that requires a building permit in ...
New York Inventor Develops Descreening Filters Designing Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Martin E. Banton of Fairport, N.Y., has developed a designed filter. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to the field of image processing and, more ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Laundry Dryer Top Cover Assembly
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Soon Jo Lee and Seong Hai Jeong, both of Changwon-si, South Korea, have developed a laundry dryer top cover assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Top cover assembly including a top cover mounted on a side plate of a cabinet, a fire ...
French Inventors Develop Image Capturing Method
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Vincent Lomba of Houilles, France, and Christophe Castellano of Chevilly Larue, France, have developed an image capturing method. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Footwear Article with Spherical Support Element
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Michael A. Aveni of Lake Oswego, Ore., has developed a footwear article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole assembly having an upper plate and a lower plate spaced from the upper plate. At ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Shuichi Kobayashi of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an image pickup apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming apparatus with a light source unit emitting a light beam optically modulated based on ...
Michigan, California Inventors Develop Vehicle Headlamp Control System
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Jon H. Bechtel, Frederick T. Bauer, Joseph S. Stam, Robert R. Turnbull and David J. Schmidt, all from Holland, Mich., Robert C. Knapp of Coloma, Mich., G. Bruce Poe of Hamilton, Mich., David L. Plangger of Stevensville, Mich., Timothy E. Steenwyk of Jenison, Mich., ...
New York Inventors Develop Image Sensors with Global Electronic Shuttering
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- R. Daniel McGrath of Pittsford, N.Y., and R. Michael Guidash of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a pinned-photodiode pixel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a two-dimensional array of pixels having a photodetector ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Multiply Insole
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Yi-Hsi Chen of Miao Li Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a multiply insole with better resilience. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insole includes a first layer made of a first slice foam material formed by a foamable polyurethane resin ...
Hawaii Inventor Develops Flexible Footwear Sole with Transverse Sloped Portion
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- John S. Tanaka of Kohala Coast, Hawaii, has developed a flexible footwear sole. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item of footwear for a wearer, the item of footwear comprising a flexible sole structure that comprises a heel segment ...
New Hampshire, Vermont Inventors Develop Material Moving Pusher
May 23, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- James H. Davis of Claremont, N.H., David J. Smith Sr. of Charlestown, N.H., and Kevin R. Osgood of Reading, Vt., have developed a pusher/bucket for moving solids. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pusher/bucket has back plate with wings ...