US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, May 30:
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Microphone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kentaro Yonehara, Yoshio Imahori and Hiroshi Fujinami, all from Shizuoka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a microphone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,851 on May 27.The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Microphone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kentaro Yonehara, Yoshio Imahori and Hiroshi Fujinami, all from Shizuoka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a microphone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,850 on May 27.The ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electrical Connector
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Qi-Sheng Zheng, Zhong-Hua Yao and Xiao-Min An, all from Kunshan, China, have developed an ornamental design for an electrical connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,807 on May 27. ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Electrical Connector
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Chien-Chiu Chen of Hsin-Tien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for an electrical connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,805 on May 27.The patent has been assigned to ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Nozzle Member, Composition
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Gary A. Holt Jr., Melissa M. Waldeck and Gary R. Williams, all from Lexington, Ky., Brian C. Hart of Georgetown, Ky., and Sean T. Weaver of Union, Ky., have developed a nozzle member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved photoimaged ...
Washington Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Automobile Mock Fishing Pole Antenna
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kenneth Patrick Sifferman of Renton, Wash., has developed an ornamental design for an automobile mock fishing pole antenna, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,856 on May 27.The original ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electrical Connector
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Qi-Sheng Zheng, Zhong-Hua Yao and Xiao-Min An, all from Kunshan, China, have developed an ornamental design for an electrical connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,806 on May 27. ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Architectural Opening Covering Head Rail Mounting Bracket
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Richard N. Anderson of Whitesville, Ky., and Eugene W. Thompson of Maceo, Ky., have mounting bracket for mounting a head rail for a window covering includes a rigid housing and a flexible clip,the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Chair
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Sally Sirkin Lewis of Beverly Hills, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,113 on May 20.The original application was filed on May 30, ...
California, Minnesota Inventors Develop Multi-Layer Adhesive
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Joan V. Brennan of Sierra Madre, Calif., David K. Cinader of Yorba Linda, Calif., Darrell S. James of Covina, Calif., and James D. Hansen of Woodbury, Minn., have developed a multi-layer adhesives. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fluid Cooled Spring Biased Valve Nozzle
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Toshio Saito and Mei Mori, all from Tokyo, have developed a fluid cooled spring biased valve nozzle. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides a valve nozzle that can restrain ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Filament Extruding Apparatus
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Michael C. Cook of Marietta, Ga., and Bryan David Haynes of Cumming, Ga., have developed an apparatus for extruding filament. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method for controlling the width of a plurality of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fine Pattern Formation Stamper
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kosuke Kuwabara, Akihiro Miyauchi, Masahiko Ogino and Sigehisa Motowaki, all from Hitachi, Japan, have developed a stamper for forming a fine pattern. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stamper and a transfer apparatus that utilizes the ...
U.S., Taiwanese Inventors Develop Gating Structure for Mold
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Heng-Wei Li of Fremont, Calif., and Jeng-Chi Peng of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, have developed a gating structure for controlling injection mold. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gating structure for molding connects with a mold cavity. The gating ...
Italian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Video-Intercommunication Apparatus
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Alessandra Rinaldi and Yoko Tanabe, both of Florence, Italy, have developed an ornamental design for a video-intercommunication apparatus, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,819 on May 27. ...
Danish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Handset
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Aki Laine of Kobenhavn S, Denmark, has developed an ornamental design for a handset, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,822 on May 27.The patent has been assigned to Nokia Corp., Espoo, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Mobile Phone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hyon I Kim of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed an ornamental design for a mobile phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,829 on May 27.The patent has been assigned to LG Electronics ...
Texas Inventors Develop Substrate Template Alignment Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Byung-Jin Choi, Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan and Stephen C. Johnson, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a method for alignment of template substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to control displacement of a body ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Video-Intercommunication Apparatus
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Alessandra Rinaldi and Yoko Tanabe, both of Florence, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a video-intercommunication apparatus, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,820 on May 27. ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Foldable Power Supply Device
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ming-Chou Kuo, Yi-Ching Lin and Jung-Hui, all from Chung Ho, Taiwan, have developed a power supply device. Hsu; According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable power supply device includes a first socket, a second socket, and a pivoting unit ....
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Shower Room Hanger Structure
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ming-Hsiao Lai of Chang-Hua Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a hanger structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The structure of the hanger mount for a shower room includes a wall mount, base and hanger connector. There is a rotatable bolt ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Telephone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Woo-Seung Han, Nam-Mi Kim and Chang-Hwan Hwang, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable telephone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,836 on May 27. ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Telephone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Woo-Seung Han, Nam-Mi Kim and Chang-Hwan Hwang, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable telephone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,835 on May 27. ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Tooth Movement Improved Control Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Frederick Solomon of Byfield, Mass., has developed a method for improved control of tooth movement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Micro-regional force application improves the control of the orthodontic movement of teeth in all six ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Color-Image Pickup Device
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hiroshi Ibe of Aasaka, Japan, has developed a device for picking color-image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a color-image pickup device, light is decomposed by red (R) filters, green (G) filters, blue (B)filters, and an infrared ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Phone
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ki-Eon Lee and Beom-Ku Han, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Chang-Hwan Hwang of Goyang-Si, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Lubrication Oil Supplying Pump
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Yasuhito Nakakuki and Toshimitsu Sakaki, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a lubrication oil supplying pump. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil pump is provided which includes a cam ring made of a material having a first line ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Reciprocating Pump
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Hitoshi Kawamura of Sanda, Japan, has developed a reciprocating pump. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A suction passage and a discharge passage for a to-be-transferred fluid are disposed in a pump body. A ...
Washington Inventors Develop Aerospace Vehicle Yaw Generation System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jeffery S. Harrigan and Henry L. Beaufrere, both of Seattle, have developed a yaw generating system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the ...
Ohio, Kentucky Inventors Develop Low Solidity Turbofan
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- John Jared Decker of Liberty Township, Ohio, Peter Nicholas Szucs of West Chester, Ohio, William Joseph Solomon of Cincinnati, and Virginia Louise Wilson of Walton, Ky., have developed a low solidity turbofan. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Arizona Inventor Develops High Lift Longitudinal Axis Control System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- John Libby of Tucson, Ariz., has developed a combination flap and aileron arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipartite, full span airplane flap system having an inboard flap portion and an outboard flap portion, wherein the ...
Wisconsin, Florida Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Foot Spa Base
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Joseph J. Galati Jr. of Brookfield, Wis., and John Meyerovich of Bal Harbour, Fla., have developed an ornamental design for a foot spa base, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D569,135 on May 20. ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrically Controlled Point Switching Device
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Takashi Yamaguchi and Jingo Wada, both of Tokyo, have developed a point switching device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point switching device that is disposed at a diverging point on tracks on which a movable body travels is provided ....
Swiss Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Display for Watches
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Daniel Gratiot of Berne, Switzerland, has developed an ornamental design for a display for watches, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,154 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to Swatch ...
German Inventors Develop Extrusion Head
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Martin Balzer of Sankt Augustin, Germany, Willi Doehmen of Moenchengladbach, Germany, Heinz-Werner Eckerskorn of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany, Lutz Forst of Hennef, Germany, Peter Kluesener of Bonn, Germany, Roger Stehr of Duesseldorf, Germany, and Michael Pappert ...
Arizona, New York Inventors Develop Spacecraft Control System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jack H. Jacobs of Glendale, Ariz., and Mason A. Peck of Ithaca, N.Y., have developed a control system for spacecraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An spacecraft control system is provided that includes a tube and a plurality of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Yoshitaka Aiba of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to provide a "semiconductor device with high performance and reliability, in which peeling off an interconnection ...
New York Inventor Develops Heat Seeking Missile Evading System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Leonard M. Greene of Mamaroneck, N.Y., has developed a system for an airborne helicopter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system in an airborne aircraft to evade a heat seeking missile includes the steps of detecting the ...
German Inventor Develops Rotor Blade Handling Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Aloys Wobben of Aurich, Germany, has developed a method for handling rotor blade. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for handling rotor blades of wind power installations. An apparatus for simplified handling of rotor blades is ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Chair
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Richard Frinier of Long Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,114 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to Dedon GmbH, Luneburg, ...
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Adjustable Matrix Wheelchair Seat
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Christina L. Adams of Bartlesville, Okla., has developed an adjustable wheelchair seat According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable matrix wheelchair seat can be mounted on a pair of rods such as are provided on the seat rails of a ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Accessory Post
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Christopher Jon Gilbert of Moreland Hills, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for an accessory post, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,146 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Injection Molding Machine
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Osamu Saito and Noriko Kitamura, both of Yamanashi, Japan, have developed an injection molding machine. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An injection molding machine that distinctively displays operation ...
Texas, California Inventors Develop Traffic for Mobile Device
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jerzy Miernik of Allen, Texas, and Daotang Yang of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a wireless network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Traffic for a mobile device is queued in one of a plurality of class of service queues for the mobile ...
German Inventors Develop Rotary Press
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Harald Romer of Reinbek, Germany, Ulrich Zeuschner of Schwarzenbek, Germany, Thorsten Ehrich of Witzhave, Germany, and Kurt Marquardt of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a rotary press. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotary press with a ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Accessory Post
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Christopher Jon Gilbert of Moreland Hills, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for an accessory post, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,145 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Gas Turbine Engine Assembling Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jan Christopher Schilling of Middletown, Ohio, has developed a method for assembling a turbine engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a turbine engine to facilitate preventing ice accumulation on the turbine engine ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sofa
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Pasquale Natuzzi of Santeramo in Colle Bari, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a sofa, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D569,124 on May 20.The patent has been assigned to Natuzzi ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Engine Cooling Fan
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- John R. Savage of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Sukeyuki Kobayaski of West Bloomfield, Mich., have developed a vehicle engine cooling fan. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine cooling fan motor has a water baffle positioned in a water ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Reinforced Insulation Product for Aircraft
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ralph Michael Fay and Carole Kagiyama, both of Lakewood, Colo., Monroe William Shumate of Littleton, Colo., James W. Stacy of Peyton, Colo., Rebecca Sue Wulliman of Englewood, Colo., Brandon Dillan Tinianov of Santa Clara, Colo., Fred Migliorini of Highlands Ranch, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Low-Pressure Type Orbiting Vane Compressor
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Seon-woong Hwang of Anyang-Si, South Korea, and Dong-won Yoo of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a low-pressure type orbiting vane compressor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a low-pressure type orbiting vane ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Compression-Type Drop Wire Clamp
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- George J. Franks Jr. of Inverness, Ill., has developed a clamp to support a cable. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression-type drop wire clamp that avoids damaging a signal carrying portion of a cable by applying a compressive force ...
Texas Inventor Develops Improved Airport Operation System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kenneth M. Allison Sr. of Spring, Texas, has developed an airport safety system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and improved airport concept is disclosed herein. Redesigned aircraft would be allowed to dock in the terminal instead ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Kyun-hyon Tchah, Oh-seok Kwon, Yang-ick Joo, Jong-soo Oh and Doo-seop Eom, all from Seoul, South Korea, Tae-jin Lee and Ki-soo Chang, both of Gyunggi-do, South Korea, and Yong-suk Kim of Daejeon, South Korea, have developed a packet unit. An abstract of the ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Laundry Worksurface
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Jeffrey M. Browne of Benton Harbor, Mich., and Robert Fitzpatrick of Holland, Mich., and Seth E. Bixby of Stevensville, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a laundry worksurface, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Virginia, Tennessee Inventors Develop Multi-Capacity Fluid Compressor
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Mark Trent, David Turner Monk and Scott Garrison Hix, all from Bristol, Va., Bruce Moody of Kingsport, Tenn., and Tyrone Scott Simerly of Johnson City, Tenn., have developed a multi-capacity fluid compressor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Driving Power Transmission Mechanism
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Fuminobu Enokijima, Masakazu Murase, Masaki Ota and Masaki Inoue, all from Kariya, Japan, have developed a driving power transmitting mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission mechanism for transmitting driving power ...
Illinois, Minnesota Inventors Develop Communications System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Donald G. Newberg and Ross J. Lillie, both of Hoffman Estates, Ill., Matthew Keller of Algonquin, Ill., and Michael F. Korus of Eden Prairie, Minn., have developed a communications system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a ...
California Inventor Develops Programmable Integrated Circuit
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- David P. Schultz of San Jose, Calif., has developed a programmable integrated circuit (IC). An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Programmable ICs that compensate for process variations and/or mask revisions in ...
California Inventor Develops Address Table Locking Method
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- John Chiang of San Jose, Calif., has developed an address table locking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are disclosed for locking a table within a network switch. The table is used to store entries that ...
California Inventors Develop Dedicated Logic Cell
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Manoj Gunwani and Chandra Mulpuri, both of San Jose, Calif., Hare K. Verma of Cupertino, Calif., and Ravi Sunkavalli of Milpitas, Calif., have developed programmable gate arrays. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
New York Inventors Develop Lawn Mower Suspension System
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- James Marshall and Frank Marshall, both of Munnsville, N.Y., Mark J. Melone of Rome, N.Y., William Decker of Vernon, N.Y., and Brian Crossway of Waterville, N.Y., have developed a lawn mower. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Input Termination Circuits
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Ho-Young Song of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed methods for terminating inputs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input signal provided to an input terminal is terminated by coupling the input terminal to a ground voltage through ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Mechanic Creeper with Pull-Out Expansion
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Qing Yan Wu of Tai-Shan, China, has developed a pull-out mechanic's creeper. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A pull-out recliner is disclosed to include a rear recliner frame unit equipped with a front ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device Data Input-Output Circuit
May 30, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30 -- Mikihiko Ito of Tokyo, and Katsuki Matsudera of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a data input/output circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit receives an external control signal in synchronism with an internal clock and ...