US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, July 29:
PAUL QUANDER TO STEP DOWN AS COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY DIRECTOR
Jul 29, 2008 ... The District of Columbia Court Services and Offenders Supervision Agency issued the following news release: Paul A. Quander, Jr., the first appointed Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), announced today that his six-year term of office will conclude on ...
National Guard Bureau Seeks Office Furniture
Jul 29, 2008 ... DRAPER, Utah, July 29 -- The U.S. Army's National Guard Bureau said it had a requirement for office furniture.The NAICS code for this requirement is 423210 with the size standard of 100 employees. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside.All request for quotations are due by ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Exhaust Seal Assemblies
Jul 29, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., July 29 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy exhaust seal assemblies. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside.All request for quotations are due by Aug. 6. The solicitation (No. SPM4A708QB997) was posted on July 27 and is available at: ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Aircraft Navigational Lights
Jul 29, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., July 29 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy aircraft navigational lights. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 5. The solicitation (No. SPM4A608Q8586) was posted on July 27 and is available at: ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Aircraft Navigational Lights
Jul 29, 2008 ... RICHMOND, Va., July 29 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy aircraft navigational lights. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 5.The solicitation (No. SPM4A608Q8587) was posted on July 27 and is available at: ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Hydraulic Ram Hand Pumps
Jul 29, 2008 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy hydraulic ram hand pumps. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333911. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 11. The solicitation (No. SPM7M308TF633) was posted on July 27 and is available at: ...
U.S Forest Service Seeks Fence Materials
Jul 29, 2008 ... TUCSON, Ariz., July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service said it had a requirement for fence materials. According to the synopsis: The requirement shall be T-posts, wire stays, barbed wire, smooth wire, angle iron posts and angle iron braces. The NAICS code for this ...
U.S. Army Seeks Sports Medicine Trainers
Jul 29, 2008 ... FORT CAMPBELL, Ky., July 29 -- The U.S. Army said it was soliciting sports medicine trainers for athletics under a one-year base period and four one-year options.The NAICS code for this requirement is 621340 with the size standard of $6.5 million. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business ...
Defense Logistics Agency Seeks Special Containers
Jul 29, 2008 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 29 -- The Defense Logistics Agency said it was looking to buy special containers. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 11. The solicitation (No. SPM8ED08T1175) was posted on July 27 and is available at: ...
John F. Kennedy Space Center Seeks Instruments, Laboratory Equipment
Jul 29, 2008 ... KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 29 -- NASAâ[euro](TM)s John F. Kennedy Space Center said it was looking to buy optical portable hardness tester, probe kit, battery, reference block and carrying case.According to the synopsis: The required items shall be one optical portable harness tester ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Scanning Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Eiji Mochizuki of Miyagi, Japan, has developed a method of manufacturing an optical scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device is disclosed that is manufactured through a simple mounting process and is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Color Conversion Definition Creating System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Tetsuya Tsuji and Kiyomi Tamagawa, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a color conversion definition (CCD) creating device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A CCD creating method of creating CCD ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Scanning Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Taku Amada of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a multi-beam optical scanning device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An optical scanning device includes: a light source; a deflector deflecting light beam ...
U.S., Philippine Inventors Develop Vehicle Occupant Sensing System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Faisal K. Sallam of Dearborn, Mich., Oliver J. Young of Grosse Point Farms, Mich., and Novy A. Medallo of Lapu-Iapu, Philippines, have developed a vehicle occupant sensing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle occupant sensing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Manuscript Conveyor Guide
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Hiroaki Tsuchiya of Chuo-ku, Japan, has developed a manuscript conveyer guide. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A manuscript conveyer guide wherein its upper surface includes a narrow partial guide ...
Irish Inventors Develop Electrochromic Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Nigel Leyland, David Corr, Micheal Cassidy, Francois Pichot, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos and Michael Ryan, all from Dublin, Ireland, have developed an electrochromic display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochromic device in which ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Automatic Scanning Parameter Setting System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Shih-Zheng Kuo of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a method of operating a scanner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic scanning parameter setting device and method. The automatic scanning parameter setting device is a scanner ...
German Inventors Develop Two-Channel Stereo Display System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Bernhard Rudolf Bausenwein of Hagelstadt, Germany, and Max Mayer of Forchheim, Germany, have developed a two channel stereo display. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The two channel stereo display system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Apparatus
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Yasunaga Miyazawa of Okaya, Japan, Hiroshi Hasegawa of Chino, Japan, Hidehito Iisaka of Shiojiri, Japan, Hidehiro Akahane of Matsumoto, Japan, and Takashi Toyooka of Suwa, Japan, have developed an image display device. An abstract of the invention, released by ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Nano Structure Electrode Design
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Sey-Shing Sun and Peter A. Burke, both of Portland, Ore., Hemanshu D. Bhatt of Troutdale, Ore., and Richard J. Carter of Fairview, Ore., have developed a switching structure within integrated circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Glenn Research Center Seeks Instruments, Laboratory Equipment
Jul 29, 2008 ... CLEVELAND, July 29 -- NASAâ[euro](TM)s Glenn Research Center said it was looking to buy one piezoelectric characterization equipment.According to the synopsis: The item required shall be used to measure ferroelectric and electromechanical properties of materials up to 250 degrees, modular ...
Langley Research Center Seeks Communication, Detection, Coherent Radiation Equipment
Jul 29, 2008 ... HAMPTON, Va., July 29 -- NASAâ[euro](TM)s Langley Research Center said it was looking to buy one CCD camera system.The NAICS code for this requirement is 423410.All request for quotations are due by Aug. 4.The solicitation (No. NNL08256334Q) was posted on July 24 and is available at: ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Microprocessor Controlled Float Battery Chargers
Jul 29, 2008 ... WILMINGTON, N.C., July 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it had a requirement for two microprocessor-controlled float battery chargers. The NAICS code for this requirement is 335999 with the size standard of 500 employees. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 4.The solicitation ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Multi-Layer Printed Wiring Board
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Youhong Wu of Ibi-gun, Japan, has developed a multi-layer printed wiring board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer printed wiring board has a core substrate, a throughhole structure, a first interlayer insulation layer, a first ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printed Circuit Board
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Daigo Suzuki of Oume, Japan, has developed a magnetic disk device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulating substrate includes a first area where a semiconductor device is disposed, a second area where a wiring electrically ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Weighing Apparatus with Drive System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Craig M. Draper of Worthington, Ohio, and Thomas S. Rice of Columbus, Ohio, have developed a weighing apparatus with a vertical force minimizing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weighing apparatus having a weighing system, a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Electric Conductive Gasket
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Sun-Ki Kim of Kyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed an electric conductive gasket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electric conductive gasket including: an electric conductive sheet having a natural pulp base, a soft ...
California Inventor Develops Printed Image with 3-Dimensional Appearance
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Scott E. Moncrieff of La Jolla, Calif., has developed a printing technique. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing images on a substrate wherein the image has a textured, three-dimensional appearance is described. The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Communication Terminal Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Taku Soneoka of Uji, Japan, has developed a communication terminal device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication terminal device includes a first storage device storing a transmission reservation table which includes information ...
California Inventor Develops Transition Capacitance Reduction Apparatus
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Leesa M. Noujeim of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a printed circuit board (PCB). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The PCB includes a signal layer, a first reference plane defined adjacent to a first side of the signal layer, and a via ...
German Inventors Develop Metal Injection Molding Force Sensing Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Oliver Menke of Wolfsegg, Germany, and Franz Stadler of Langquaid, Germany, have developed a force measuring device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force sensing device has a single-component metal housing. The housing has an upper ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Network Facsimile Device
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Tetsuya Kagawa of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a local area network facsimile device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network facsimile device capable of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Apparatus
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Noriko Miyagi and Satoshi Ouchi, both of Tokyo, and Koji Kobayashi of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edge amount detector detects an edge amount from raed, green, blue ...
California Inventor Develops Multilayer Printed Circuit Board
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Dwight W. Mattix of El Cajon, Calif., has developed an interlayer interconnection unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer printed circuited board including at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier comprises a ...
RMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ISSUES HEARING CALENDAR FOR JULY 31 PUBLIC HEARING
Jul 29, 2008 ... The Vermont Public Service Board issued the following hearing calendar: July 31, 2008 - Docket 7077 - Public Hearing - 7:00 P.M. Conference RoomEd Weed Fish Hatchery14 Bell Hill RoadGrand Isle, VT Hearing Officer: John P. Bentley, Esq. Petition of Comcast of ...
National Guard Bureau Seeks Telephones
Jul 29, 2008 ... DRAPER, Utah, July 29 -- The U.S. Army's National Guard Bureau said it had a requirement for 250 Cisco CP-7945G phones, 40 Cisco CP-7965G phones and10 Cisco CP-7975G phones.The NAICS code for this requirement is 334210. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 4.The solicitation (No ....
National Guard Bureau Seeks Fabricated Metal Products
Jul 29, 2008 ... JACKSON, Miss., July 29 -- The U.S. Army's National Guard Bureau said it had a requirement for sheet metal products and hot rolls.The NAICS code for this requirement is 332322. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside.All request for quotations are due by July 31.The ...
National Guard Bureau Seeks Hydraulic Power Unit
Jul 29, 2008 ... NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 29 -- The U.S. Army's National Guard Bureau said it had a requirement for hydraulic power unit. The NAICS code for this requirement is 336413 with the size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is a 100 percent small business set-aside.All request for ...
Langley Research Center Seeks Aircraft Components, Accessories
Jul 29, 2008 ... HAMPTON, Va., July 29 -- NASAâ[euro](TM)s Langley Research Center said it was looking to buy 5-axis gyro stabilized gimbal to provide pointing stability and cross-track scanning of several remote sensing optical instruments like lidar, laser altimeter, visible-light video camera flown on an ...
U.S. Army Seeks Hotel Accommodation in South Carolina
Jul 29, 2008 ... FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 29 -- The U.S. Army said it was soliciting rental services to provide modern, clean and carpeted lodging rooms, meals and conferencing capable of accommodating 90 adults, and 40 children in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to the synopsis: The requirement shall be ...
German Inventors Develop Optimised Colour Reproduction System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Paul Andreas of Vaterstetten, Germany, and Benno Petschik of Markt Schwaben, Germany, have developed an optimized color reproduction method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method is provided for ...
Connecticut Inventor Develop Dual/Duplex Conduit/Cable Connector
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Kenneth M. Kiely of Milford, Conn., has developed an electrical connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual or duplex conduit/cable connector is constructed for receiving two separate and independent flexible conduits and/or armored ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printing System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Naohiro Yoshikawa of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a printing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides a printing system and a printing method that avoids interrupting a ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop 3-Amino-2-Phenylpyrrolidine Derivatives
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- John Michael Humphrey of Mystic, Conn., and Thomas Allen Chappie of Old Lyme, Conn., have developed 3-amino-2-phenylpyrrolidine compounds useful as neurokinin-1 antagonists, with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising same, the U.S. Patent ...
German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Cable Loom
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Klaus U. Daub of Duisburg, Germany, and Hans J. Buescher of Duesseldorf, Germany, have developed a cable loom for motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cable loom, in particular for use in a motor ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Digital Images Indexing/Tracking System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Robert G. Gann of Bellvue, Colo., has developed digital image files management method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, for use on a computer system having a memory, permits a user to index and track digitized images resident in ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Takehiro Nakajima of Tokyo has developed a technology for creating a printer profile. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feature amount converting unit performs a color conversion of an input data. A history storage unit stores history ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Formation Apparatus
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Akihiro Moro of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, has developed an image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus including an image reading section having a plurality of sensors with their different features, an ...
German, Vietnamese Inventors Develop Cancer Treatment Macrocycles
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Ludger A. Wessjohann of Halle, Germany, Uwe Eichelberger of Priester, Germany, and Thao Tran Thi Phuong of Dong Da Ha Noi, Viet Nam, have developed macrocycles for the treatment of cancer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Electrical Bifurcated Splice Terminal
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Thomas William Haberman of Tucson, Ariz., has developed electrical splice connections. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical bifurcated splice and splice terminal. An electrical bifurcated splice terminal has two wireways ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Electrical Outlet with Weatherproof Cover Plate
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Marcus J. Shotey of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Michael J. Shotey of Las Vegas, have developed a cover plate for electrical outlet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weatherproof cover plate is disclosed. A continuous ridge on the base is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Reading with High Fit Accuracy
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Kazuhiro Nakano and Toshimitsu Ohara, both of Nagano, Japan, have developed a flat-bed image reading apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An image reading apparatus includes a guide rod; a housing ...
California Inventors Develop 2,4-Substituted Indoles
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Ann Marie Madera of Dublin, Calif., and Robert James Weikert of Boulder Creek, Calif., have developed 2-substituted indoles, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,381,739 on June 3. The patent ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Inks Selection System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Xuan-Chao Huang and Brant Dennis Nystrom, both of Lexington, Ky., Richard Lee Reel of Georgetown, Ky., and Jamee Casteel Holiway of Shelbyville, Ky., have developed a method of selecting inks. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Reversible Electrical Box Assembly
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Thomas J. Gretz of Clarks Summit, Pa., has developed an electrical box for mounting light fixture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible electrical box assembly for mounting an electrical fixture on a ceiling. The electrical box ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Determination Apparatus
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Hiroharu Tanaka of Toyokawa, Japan, has developed an image forming device. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an image determining apparatus and an image forming ...
Delaware, New Jersey Inventors Develop Substituted Bicycloalkylamine Derivatives
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Douglas G. Batt of Wilmington, Del., and Percy H. Carter of Princeton, N.J., have developed an inflammatory disease preventing method. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates ...
New Jersey, Maryland, District of Columbia Inventors Develop Ligands for Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alan P. Kozikowski of Princeton, N.J., Jarda T. Wroblewski of Kensington, Md., and Fajun Nan of Washington, have developed ligands for metabotropic glutamate receptors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Copyright Host Querying System
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Tadashi Takahashi of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A search for copyright-related information contained in image data is conducted. If no such information is detected, a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Circuit Board with Quality-Indicator Mark
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Chien-Te Chen and Chih-Hao Chang, both of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a circuit board quality indicating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board with a quality-indicator mark and a method for indicating quality ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Integral Electrically Conducting Cord
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Lawrence T. Kirwan Jr. of Pembroke, Mass., and John P. Ariola Jr. of Norton, Mass., have developed a dual-function cable assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable assembly interconnects an electrosurgical instrument and source ...
Texas Inventors Develop Enhanced Electrical Cables
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Joseph Varkey of Missouri City, Texas, and Garud Sridhar of Stafford, Texas, have developed a wellbore cable. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical cables formed from at least one insulated conductor, a layer of inner armor wires ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Melatonin Analogue Prodrugs
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Max T. Baker of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mohamed Naguib Attala of Coralville, Iowa, have developed an aqueous soluble melatonin analogue compound. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds that can serve as melatonin analogue ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Device Use Information Collection Method
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Charles Edward Schinner of Windsor, Colo., has developed a method for collecting and analyzing information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for collecting device use information. In one embodiment, a ...
Japanese Inventor Develop Double-Sided Flexible Circuit Board
Jul 29, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Hiroji Hoshino of Tokyo-To, Japan, has developed a flexible circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-sided flexible circuit board with enhanced rigidity of terminals by using copper foil on an opposite side of the circuit ...