US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, June 4:
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Backlight Module Provision Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Chi-Hung Chang of Miao-Li Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a backlight module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a backlight module has a light guide plate and at least a light source set positioned adjacent to the ...
German Inventors Develop Rigid Vehicle Axle with Integral Trailing Arms
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Dunja Abrat of Breuna, Germany, and Olaf Schutte of Kassel, Germany, have developed a rigid vehicle axle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a rigid vehicle axle comprising an axle beam with axle journals forming wheel carriers arranged at ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Bicycle Light-Weight Pivoting Frame
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Charles W Ross of Hornersville, Mo., has developed a bicycle accessory. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A light-weight mechanical frame an accessory for harnessing together a multiple of bicycles, ...
MOUNT LEBANON TRAFFIC BOARD ISSUES AGENDA FOR JUNE 4 MEETING
Jun 04, 2008 ... The Mount Lebanon Traffic Board issued the following meeting agenda: A regular meeting of the Mt. Lebanon Traffic Board will be held on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 7:30 PM in the Commission Chambers on the first floor of the Municipal Building, 710 Washington Road. 1. Meeting ...
MURRYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL ISSUES AGENDA FOR JUNE 4 VOTING MEETING
Jun 04, 2008 ... The Murrysville City Council issued the following meeting agenda: 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call/Voting Order/Pledge of Allegiance 3. Announcement of Unlisted Amendments 4. Consent Calendar Items A. Accounts Payable B. Investments and ...
Saudi Inventors Develop Corrosion-Resistant Heat Exchanger Tube Sheet
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Salamah S. Al-Anizi of Al-Danah Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Abdulmalik A. Alghamdi of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have developed aanti-corrosion protection method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said:: "A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrophotographic Image Formation Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Akiyoshi Fujita of Numazu, Japan, Atsushi Numagami of Hadano, Japan, and Takahito Ueno of Mishima, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer supply container supplies a developer to a ...
Vermont, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Fillet Machining Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Randall Maurice Ouellette of Proctor, Vt., Jeffrey Robert Close of Fair Haven, Vt., and James Henry Madge of Erie, Pa., have developed a tool excess material removal method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for finishing a part ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Long Magnet Production Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Makoto Nakamura, Mieko Kakegawa, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Kyohta Koetsuka and Noriyuki Kamiya, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Sumio Kamoi of Tokyo, have developed an image forming device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The long magnet includes a ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Fuel Injector Manufacturing Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Michael J. Hornby of Williamsburg, Va., has developed a fuel injector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methodologies relating to a polymeric fuel injector are disclosed. One method provides for manufacturing the fuel injector by ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Dimmer Pull Switch Control
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Gregory S. Altonen of Easton, Pa., and Jeremy Nearhoof of Landsdale, Pa., have developed a dimmer air gap switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A push/pull switch control is incorporated into the surface pattern of a wall box dimmer ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Discharge Display Panel Driving Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Kyoung-Ho Kang and Seung-Hun Chae, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, Woo-Joon Chung of Asan-si, South Korea, and Jin-Sung Kim of Cheonan-si, South Korea, have developed a discharge display panel driving system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S ....
Oregon Inventor Develops Drill Press Lathe Attachment
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- James W. Hall of Portland, Ore., has developed alathe device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a drill press lathe attachment designed for rotating a workpiece along a horizontal axis to remove material from ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jin-Sung Kim, Woo-Joon Chung, Seung-Hun Chae and Jin-Boo Son, all from Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a plasma display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma display panel (PDP) driving method and a PDP gray-representing ...
New York Inventors Develop Reclosable Zippers
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Steven P. Long and David P. Cameron, both of Canandaigua, N.Y., have developed a reclosable fastener. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider is adapted for use with a reclosable fastener for bags containing material. The reclosable ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Insulation Surface Drive Circuit
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jun Koyama of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The currents that m pieces of quasi control current output circuits formed with a polycrystalline thin film transistor output have the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop High Voltage Input Apparatus for Magnetron
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Yong Soo Lee and Jong Soo Lee, both of Kyungki-do, South Korea, have developed a magnetron high voltage input apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage input apparatus for a magnetron, in which first protrusions formed on lead ...
South Korean Inventor Develop Dryer Heater Assembly
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jong Chul Bang of Changwon-si, South Korea, has developed a dryer heater assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater assembly for a dryer is stably assembled and reduces noise. The heater assembly for a dryer includes hot wires ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Waterproof/Drainage Structure
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Shingo Yamaguchi and Kohei Chouraku, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an electronic device waterproof/drainage structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a waterproof/drainage structure for a lower casing having a ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Polishing Apparatus Subpad Replacing Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Theodore M. Taylor of Boise, Idaho, has developed a web format polishing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subpad support for use in a web format or belt format polishing apparatus for polishing one or more layers of ...
California Inventor Develops Cords Installation Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jeanine Rustad of San Dimas, Calif., has developed a device for hanging cord. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for hanging one or more cords, such as cables or ropes used to hang banners or electrical wires used to hang strings of ...
California Inventors Develop Graphics Processor
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Michael J. M. Toksvig of Palo Alto, Calif., and William P. Newhall Jr. of San Francisco, have developed an anisotropic filtering of texture data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for modifying the number of texture ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin Plate Article Induction Heating Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Hisao Hoshino, Tatsushi Yurudume and Satoshi Shimizu, all from Hamura, Japan, and Shingo Shikuwa and Yosiyuki Morisita, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a thin plate article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reduction of the ...
British Inventors Develop Collapsible Coffin
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Michael Kelly of Northern Ireland, Great Britain, has developed a foldable coffin. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffin according to a first aspect has a base portion comprising a plurality of base panels, each base panel being ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Electroluminescent Display
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Bo-Yong Chung and Wong-Sik Choi, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed an electroluminescent display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroluminescent display includes: a pixel region including devices arranged therein and ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Gas Operation Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Chih-Yu Chao of Taipei, Taiwan, and Wen-Jiunn Hsieh of Taipei County, Taiwan, have developed a gas operating device.According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for operating gas in the vacuum or low-pressure environment and for observation ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Intense Low-Impurity Ion Beam Production Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Kenneth H. Purser of Lexington, Mass., Norman L. Turner of Vero Beach, Fla., and Albert E. Litherland of Toronto, have developed a high-energy semiconductor implantation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Fence Post Brancing System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Alan Louis Bartling and Richard Bard Jr., both of Sagle, Idaho, and Maynard Earl Kincaide Jr. of Sandpoint, Idaho, have developed a fence. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of constructing fences, and fences constructed using the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Vehicle Frame with Shock Absorbing System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jih-Kuei Cho of Pingjhen, Taiwan, has developed a vehicle frame structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorbing member includes a first member composed of a first tube and a second tube which is located at a center of the ...
California Inventors Develop Pulse Oximeter Sensor
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Russ Delonzor of Union City, Calif., Paul D. Mannheimer of Danville, Calif., Michael E. Fein of Mountain View, Calif., and Don Hannula of San Luis Obispo, Calif., have developed a sensor substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Dai Hyun Kim of Goonpo-si, South Korea, Jeong Pil Choi of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Kyu Seon Lee of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a plasma display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a driving ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Fixing Apparatus with Heater
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Atsushi Iwasaki, Hiroaki Sakai and Akira Kato, all from Mishima, Japan, Tomoyuki Makihira of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, and Masafumi Maeda of Odawara, Japan, have developed a thermal roller type image fixing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Retailers Still Fighting Organized Retail Crime, According to NRF Survey
Jun 04, 2008 ... The National Retail Federation issued the following news release: As organized retail crime continues to plague the industry, retailers are getting more serious about uncovering, dismantling and prosecuting the responsible individuals and crime rings. The National Retail Federation's ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Charged Particle Beamlet Generation Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Pieter Kruit of Delft, Netherlands, has developed a charged particle beamlet generation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for generating a plurality of charged particle beamlets, comprising a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Formation Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Takahiro Yoshikawa of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a method for fixing a toner image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a first heater that heats a heating member, a second heater that heats a support ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Scintillator-Based Low Energy Particle Imaging Spectrometer
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Gary E. Galica of Medford, Mass., Francesca Scire-Scappuzzo of Somerville, Mass., and Joy S. G. Stafford-Evans of Andover, Mass., have developed an energy particle imaging spectrometer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Low-energy ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Mobile Communication Terminal
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Mafumi Miyashita of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed a mobile communication terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "foldable mobile communication terminal and a calling method thereof, in which calling operation ...
French Inventors Develop Postal Article Printable Surface Detection Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Olivier Moulin of Ville d'Avray, France, Olivier Desprez of Versailles, France, and Christophe Caillon of Bretigny, France, have developed a postal article print processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of processing ...
Washington Inventors Develop Extensible Markup Language Document Validation System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Brian M. Jones and Robert A. Little, both of Redmond, Wash., and Marcin Sawicki of Kirkland, Wash., have developed a validation of extensible markup language (XML) document. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ...
California Inventors Develop Photon Density Detection System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Scott T. Smith and Ryan Shyffer, both of San Diego, Judith Maxwell and Kenneth H. Valentine, both of Glen Ellen, Calif., Victor V. Verbinski of La Jolla, Calif., and Jeffrey M. Adams of San Marcos, Calif., have developed a photon density detection system. An ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Thermal Tomography Imaging Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jiangang Sun of Westmont, Ill., has developed a material analyzing thermal computed method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for automated thermal computed tomography includes providing an input of heat, for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cartridge
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Tsutomu Suzuki of Nagoya, Japan, has developed a developing cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a case that accommodates a consumable therein, a land area that protrudes from a surface of the case, and a recess ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Radiation Sensor
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- John David Baniecki, Takeshi Shioga and Kazuaki Kurihara, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an electromagnetic radiation sensor fabrication method. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Folding-Type Portable Information Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Takaaki Watanabe, Seiji Horii and Shigeru Matsumura, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a portable information device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding-type portable information device provided with an image capturing ...
Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors Develop Positron Emission Tomography System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Joel Karp of Glenside, Pa., Lucretiu M. Popescu of Philadelphia, and Daniel Gagnon of Twinsburg, Ohio, have developed a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PET system includes an improved ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Infrared-Cut Filter Film Location Determination Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Bor-Yuan Hsiao of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, has developed an infrared-cut (IR) location determination method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for determining a location of IR-cut filter film on a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Portable Radio Communication Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Yuuhei Kurono of Hachioji, Japan, has developed a connection member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable radio communication apparatus includes a main body including an first housing, a second housing and a hinge foldably coupling ...
South Carolina, Ohio Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Fuel Nozzle Assembly Tuning Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jere A. Johnson of Greenville, S.C., Mark J. Bailey of Simpsonville, S.C., James Christopher Monaghan of Moore, S.C., Ron Souther of Campobello, S.C., Robert R. Berry of Anderson, S.C., and Mark D. Pezzutti of Mason, Ohio, have developed a method for tuning fuel ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Multidimensional Applications Object Model System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Richard F. Creeth of Wilton, Conn., has developed an object model system for multidimensional applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for displaying data from a multidimensional database to a user is provided. The system ...
Texas Inventors Develop Dispersive Near-Infrared Spectrometer
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Kenneth W. Busch and Dennis H. Rabbe, both of Waco, Texas, have developed a near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A dispersive, diffraction grating, NIR spectrometer that ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Organic Light-Emitting Diode Display
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Alexey N. Krasnov of Mississauga, Canada, Richard P. Wood of Delhi, Canada, David J. Johnson of Toronto, and Peter G. Hofstra of Guelph, Canada, have developed a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Suspension System Cam Bolt Assembly
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Raymond M Genick II of Waterford, Mich., has developed a vehicle cam bolt assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cam bolt assembly for use in a vehicle's suspension system. The cam bolt assembly is used to ...
New York, Connecticut Inventors Develop User's Inquiry Management Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- John Steinhoff and James B. Nevin, both of New York, Abraham Zelkin of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and Richard W. Mason of Cos Cob, Conn., have developed a method for managing questions and answers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Ellipsoidal Gapless Microlens Array
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ulrich C. Boettiger and Jin Li, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed an improved microlens array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ellipse-shaped microlenses focus light onto unbalanced photosensitive areas, increase area coverage for a gapless ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ion Source
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Hideki Fujita, Sei Umisedo and Nariaki Hamamoto, all from Kyoto, Japan, have developed a tubular shape cathode holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode holder of a tubular shape is inserted into an opening for a cathode of a ...
Massachusetts, New York Inventors Develop Multidimensional Database System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- David Greenfield of Waltham, Mass., and Greg Dorman of New York, have developed a multidimensional database system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Performing operations on multidimensional data managed by a relational database system is ...
California Inventor Develops Patient Movement System
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jeff Gordon of San Diego has developed an automated three dimensional patient tracking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient movement system is used to detect movement of the patient in multiple of different coordinates. The ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Scintillator with High Light Output
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Edgar V Van Loef and Jaroslaw Glodo, both of Allston, Mass., Kanai S. Shah of Newton, Mass., and William M. Higgins of Westborough, Mass., have developed a scintillator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns ...
Washington Inventors Develop Electronic Content Releasing Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Gus Lopez, Alexandre Edelman and Jules Graybill, all from Seattle, Wash., Nigel Green of Bellevue, Wash., and Doug Treder of Shoreline, Wash., have developed an electronic content managing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facility ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Trouble Ticket Assignment Method
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Richard Gregory Lewis of Newnan, Ga., and Randy S. Young of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a method of trouble ticket assignment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trouble ticket handling system is provided. The system typically ...
California Inventors Develop Pulse Oximeter Sensor Shunt Barrier
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Russ DeLonzor of Union City, Calif., Paul D. Mannheimer of Danville, Calif., Michael E. Fein of Mountain View, Calif., and Don Hannula of San Luis Obispo, Calif., have developed pulse oximeter sensors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Gas Cluster Ion Beam Emitting Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Tetsuro Saito of Isehara, Japan, Tatsumi Shoji of Hiratsuka, Japan, and Yoichi Fukumiya of Yokohama, Japan, have developed an gas cluster ionization method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emitting apparatus has a gas cluster generation ...
Utah Inventor Develops Mobile Telecommunications Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jeff Brudos of American Fork, Utah, has developed a mobile communications and ignitor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile communications device is provided with an integrally associated ignitor device for enabling the use of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radiographic Image Detection Device
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Hisanori Tsuchino and Hiromu Ohara, both of Hachioji, Japan, and Yasuaki Tamakoshi of Hino, Japan, have developed a radiographic image detection system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A radiographic ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Portable Digital Communication Apparatus
Jun 04, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Yun-Ho Park, Jong-Woo Kim, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Young-Seok Yoon of Anyang-si, South Korea, have developed a portable communication apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "portable digital ...