US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, June 13:
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Spline Adapters
Jun 13, 2008 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy spline adapters. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333613. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM7A308T4550) was posted on June 10 and is available ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Temperature Simulators
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy temperature simulators. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333319. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL882) was posted on June 10 and is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Gas Water Heater
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Teizo Nanbu of Kobe, Japan, Tomofumi Kinugasa of Hyogo, Japan, Akira Tsutsumi of Himeji, Japan, and Satoshi Kawaguchi of Akashi, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a gas water heater, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for lighting fixture
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Myron K. Gordin and Timothy J. Boyle, both of Oskaloosa, Iowa, have developed an ornamental design for a lighting fixture, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D571,033 on June 10.The patent has ...
Washington Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Icon for Display Screen Portion
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Joseph T. Fletcher of Seattle has developed an ornamental design for an icon for a portion of a display screen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,369 on June 3.The patent has been assigned ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Full Coned Shaped Baffle with Lens
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Hamid Rashidi of Beverly Hills, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a full coned shaped baffle with lens, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,036 on June 10.The original ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Gas Water Heater
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Teizo Nanbu of Kobe, Japan, Tomofumi Kinugasa of Hyogo, Japan, Akira Tsutsumi of Himeji, Japan, and Satoshi Kawaguchi of Akashi, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a gas water heater, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Nail File
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- George W. Schaeffer of Beverly Hills, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a nail file, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,041 on June 10.The patent has been assigned to OPI ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wall Light
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Katharina Goetz-Schaefer of Bad Salzuflen, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a wall light, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,034 on June 10.The patent has been assigned to ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Dental Floss Dispensing Package
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Bradley P. Griffin of Greenville, N.C., has developed an ornamental design for a dental floss dispensing package, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,045 on June 10.The patent has been ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electric Depilator
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Mayumi Seki of Tokyo, and Keiko Ohta of Ichikawa, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an electric depilator, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D571,040 on June 10.The patent has ...
U.S., Hong Kong Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Lighting Device
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Paul Kenneth Pickard and Gary David Trott, both of Morrisville, N.C., Wai Kwan Chan and Antony Paul Van De Ven, both of Hong Kong, and Gerald H. Negley of Durham, N.C., have developed an ornamental design for a lighting device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Canopy/Ceiling Mounted Luminaire
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Michael Yu of City of Industry, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a canopy or ceiling mounted luminaire, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,035 on June 10.The original ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Gas Water Heater
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Teizo Nanbu of Kobe, Japan, Tomofumi Kinugasa of Hyogo, Japan, Akira Tsutsumi of Himeji, Japan, and Satoshi Kawaguchi of Akashi, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a gas water heater, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Double-Edged Hid Electronic Ballast
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Fangshou Lou of Zhejiang, China, has developed an ornamental design for a double-edged hid electronic ballast, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,037 on June 10.The original application was ...
U.S., Hong Kong Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Lighting Device
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Paul Kenneth Pickard and Gary David Trott, both of Morrisville, N.C., Gerald H. Negley of Durham, N.C., Antony Paul Van De Ven of Sai Kung, Hong Kong, and Wai Kwan Chan of Tai Po, Hong Kong, have developed an ornamental design for a lighting device, the U.S. Patent ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Scrubbing Pouch with Rope
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Thomas Harlan Moore of Midland, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for a scrubbing pouch with a rope to hold soap in a shower, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,042 on June 10.The ...
Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Florida Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bistro Table Heater
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Pete Moyer, Chungkin Yee, Ken Maitland and Griffin Bland, all from Bowling Green, Ky., Jerry McColgin of Westfield, Ind., Maureen Carroll of Atlanta, and Michael E Docherty of Boca Raton, Fla., have developed an ornamental design for a bistro table heater, the U.S ....
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Lamp
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Shin-Fei Chen of Changhua County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,032 on June 10.The original application was filed on May 30, ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Interdental Device
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Scott P. Crossman of Rockford, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for an interdental device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D571,043 on June 10.The patent has been assigned to Ranir ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Navigational Lights
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy navigational lights. The NAICS code for this requirement is 336321. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL923) was posted on June 10 and is ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Valve Parts Kit
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy valve parts kit. The NAICS code for this requirement is 336413. All requests for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A508T7469) was posted on June 10 and is available ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Lighting Fixtures
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy lighting fixtures. The NAICS code for this requirement is 335122. All requests for quotations are due by June 26. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL962) was posted on June 11 and is available ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Weapon System Resilient Mounts
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy weapon system resilient mounts. The NAICS code for this requirement is 332995. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL888) was posted on June 10 and ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Spool, Sleeve Assemblies
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy spool and sleeve assemblies. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334511. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL893) was posted on June 10 and is ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Fluorescent Lamps
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy fluorescent lamps. The NAICS code for this requirement is 335110. All requests for quotations are due by June 26. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL937) was posted on June 11 and is available ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Aircraft Taxiing Lights
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy aircraft taxiing lights. The NAICS code for this requirement is 336321. All request for quotations are due by June 25. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608TL883) was posted on June 10 and is ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Air Conditioning Duct Assemblies
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy air conditioning duct assemblies. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside. All request for quotations are due by June 22. The solicitation (No. SPM4A708QB654) was posted ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Front Windshield Panels
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy front windshield panels. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside. All requests for quotations are due by June 20. The solicitation (No. SPM4A707QA567) was posted on June ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Motor-Tachometers
Jun 13, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., June 13 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy motor-tachometers. The NAICS code for this requirement is 335312. All requests for quotations are due by June 26. The solicitation (No. SPM4M108TG548) was posted on June 11 and is available ...
Washington Inventors Develop Mosaic Image Construction System
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- M. Ibrahim Sezan and Regis J. Crinon, both of Camas, Wash., have developed a method for constructing mosaic images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mosaic image construction system includes at least one of a decoder receiving or an ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Tuned Radio Frequency Identification Circuit
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Robert R. Oberle of Macungie, Pa., has developed a tamper evident radio frequency identification circuit uses a fold section that forms a capacitive element when folded together, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S ....
Washington, Texas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Icon for Display Screen Portion
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Greg S. Melander of Redmond, Wash., Tjeerd Hoek of Kirkland, Wash., and Mark R. Ligameri of Austin, Texas, have developed an ornamental design for an icon for a portion of a display screen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tub, Shower Enclosure
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Lisa J. Hood of Cincinnati has developed an ornamental design for a tub and shower enclosure, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,967 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Kohler Co., ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Gas Water Heater
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Teizo Nanbu of Kobe, Japan, Tomofumi Kinugasa of Hyogo, Japan, Akira Tsutsumi of Himeji, Japan, and Satoshi Kawaguchi of Akashi, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a gas water heater, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sink
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Anne Kitzmiller of Sheboygan, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a sink, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,968 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Coded Digital Signal Processing Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Patrice Onno of Rennes, France, has developed a coded digital signal processing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a method of processing a coded digital signal containing on the one hand a set of ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cover
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Cecile Thalmann Gomez of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and Mary Reid of Sheboygan, Wis., have developed an ornamental design for a cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D570,972 on June 10. The ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Sink
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Anne Kitzmiller of Sheboygan, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a sink, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,969 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hole Cover
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Steven R. Gilligan of Chicago has developed an ornamental design for a hole cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,966 on June 10. The original application was filed on April 20, 2007, and ...
California Inventor Develops Spatial Scan Replication Circuit
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Carl Cooper of Monte Sereno, Calif., has developed a spatial scan replication circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an image replication circuit, the improvement of replicating a given element at a certain location with the most ...
California Inventors Develop On-Line Handwriting Recognizer Training Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Ilia Lossev and Natalia Bagotskaya, both of Boulder, Colo., have developed a handwritten characters recognizing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Character model graphs are created, and the ...
Washington, California Inventors Develop Portable Electronic Data Collector
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Christopher A. Wiklof of Everett, Wash., Gregory T. Gibson of Snohomish, Wash., Edward M. Millet of Lake Forest Park, Wash., and Scott A. Ellerthorpe of San Francisco, have developed an electronic device with auxiliary interface. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Digital Image Processing System
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Kam Fai Wong, Xiaoou Tang, Ying Fai Ho, Kwok Yiu Leung and Hoi Chung Chu, all from Hong Kong, have developed a digital image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an automatic digital image enhancement method, ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Flow Regulator
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Hermann Grether of Mullheim, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a flow regulator, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,961 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Neoperl GmbH, ...
South African Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Baby Toilet Trainer
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Johan Nicolaas Buitendach of Rosslyn, South Africa, has developed an ornamental design for a baby toilet trainer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,970 on June 10. The original application ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Paint Spray Gun Cleaning Apparatus
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Michael B. Jones of Excelsior, Minn., and Wayne Robens of Lakeville, Minn., have developed a cleaning apparatus for paint spray gun. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for cleaning a paint cup, spray tip, and wetted ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Axial-Flow Mini Heat Sink Module
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Alex Horng of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for an axial-flow mini heat sink module, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,303 on June 3.The patent has been assigned to ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Faucet Handle
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Victor Hoernig of Lowell, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for a faucet handle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,963 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Masco Corporation of ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Phone for Earpiece
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Suk-Woo Lee of Seoul, South Korea, Jung-Hyeok Im of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Min-Hyouk Lee of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Chang-Hwan Hwang of Goyang-Si, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable phone for an earpiece, the U.S. Patent & ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Faucet Spout
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Victor Hoernig of Lowell, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for a faucet spout, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,964 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Masco Corporation of ...
U.S., South Korean Inventors Develop Moving Picture Coding Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Jong Beom Ra and Sung Deuk Kim, both of Taejeon-si, South Korea, Young Su Lee of Seoul, South Korea, and Hyun Mun Kim of Rockville, Md., have developed a moving picture coding system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coding a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Multi-Mode Integrated Circuit Device
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Chang-Yong Kim of Kyunggi-do, South Korea, and Jong-Cheol Kim of Suwon, South Korea, have developed a method for operating multi-mode integrated circuit device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-mode integrated circuit devices on an ...
California Inventors Develop Persistent Radio Frequency Identification Data Storage System
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Roger G. Stewart and John Rolin, all from Morgan Hill, Calif., have developed an integrated circuit with persistent data storage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The circuitry introduced in this invention selectively slows down the ...
German Inventors Develop Halftone Image Representing Line Rasterization Modify Technique
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Peter Franz of Pienzenau, Germany, and Ruediger Schmidt of Munich, Germany, have developed a data carrier with halftone image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A halftone image original is converted into a line screen halftone image ...
Indian Inventors Develop Pixel Reordering System
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Mallinath Hatti and Lakshmanan Ramakrishnan, both of Bangalore, India, have developed a pixel selection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are systems and methods for pixel reordering and selection. A decoded frame ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Analytical Model Generation Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Kenji Nagase of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an element analyzing analytical model. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mesh is placed over an image of an element thereby dividing the image (element) into a plurality of solids. Each of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Encoding Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Martin Boliek of San Francisco, Michael J. Gormish of Redwood City, Calif., Alexander F. Keith of Palo Alto, Calif., and Edward L. Schwartz of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a compression and decompression system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventors Develop Image Compression Method
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Rajan L. Joshi and Majid Rabbani, both of Pittsford, N.Y., have developed an image compression system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 (JPEG2000) compressed image is transcoded to a lower bit-rate ...
Arizona, Illinois Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Fixed Faucet
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Mario E. Semchuck of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Don C. Arnold of Gurnee, Ill., have developed an ornamental design for a fixed faucet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D570,960 on June 10. The ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Spout Finial
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Victor Hoernig of Lowell, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for a spout Finial, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,965 on June 10. The patent has been assigned to Masco Corporation of ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Faucet Handle Hub
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Patrick S. Dolan of Portland, Ore., has developed an ornamental design for a faucet handle hub, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,962 on June 10. The original application was filed on Jan. 5, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Jet Dispersing with High-Low Pressure Region Partitioning Wall
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Takao Nomura and Katsuhiro Ishikawa, all from Toyota, Japan, have developed a jet dispersing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jet dispersing device includes a high pressure region having a flow inlet and a low pressure region ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Imager Device Color Calibration Apparatus
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Edward J. Bawolek and Curt Corum, both of Chandler, Ariz., Lawrence A. Booth, Jr. of Phoenix, and William P. Kuhn of Tucson, Ariz., have developed an imager device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for color ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Collapsible Potty Chair Seat
Jun 13, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Ellen Woodin of Grass Valley, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a collapsible potty chair seat, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D570,971 on June 10. The original application was ...